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HISTORY  OF  QUTNCY, 


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ITS  MEN  OF  MARK, 


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BY  PAT.  H.  RED^rOND. 


QUINCY: 

HSIRS  k  BCSSSLLj  BOOK  AND  JOB    PRINTERS,  WEST  SIDE  WASHINOTOX   PARK. 

1869. 


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prefacp: 


After  devoting  a  large  share  of  time  and  labor  to  this  work,  the 
author  oflers  it  to  the  public  not  as  a  complete  history  of  Quincy, 
but  as  the  best  that  ho  was  enabled  under  the  circumstances  to 
compile.  The  effort  to  furnish  a  detailed  review  of  the  commerce 
and  manufactures  of  a  city  of  Quincy's  size,  is  necessarily  attended 
with  greater  difficulty  and  labor  than  would  such  an  undertaking 
in  the  great  cities  of  the  Union,  where  Boards  of  Trade  flourish, 
and  where  statistics  of  the  manufactures  and  sales  of  every  depart- 
ment are  annually  prepared  and  preserved  for  reference.  Yet, 
notwithstanding,  the  want  of  such  facilities  for  obtaining  inform- 
ation has  been  seriously  felt,  and  added  materially  to  our  labors, 
we  have  still,  through  the  assistance  of  our  leading  business  men, 
obtained  accurate  statistics  of  the  transactions  in  most  of  the  im- 
portant departments,  and  submit  them  to  the  citizens  of  Quincy 
and  to  our  readers  generally,  as  an  evidence  of  the  prosperity 
which  has  been  wrought  by  the  energy,  enterprise  and  deter- 
mination of  our  business  men. 

For  much,  and  in  fact  most  of  the  information  here  submitted, 
we  are  of  course  indebted  to  the  old  residents  of  Quincy,  who  have 
grown  with  it,  and  whose  industry,  ability,  and  public  spirit  car- 
ried it  safely  through  all  the  vicissitudes,  from  a  frontier  settle- 
ment to  a  prosperous  and  wealthy  city. 

The  biographies  here  given  to  the  public  will  be  recognized  by 
many  as  truthful  sketches  of  leading  and  influeniial  citizens,  who 
by  their  sagacity  and  perseverance  carved  out  their  own  fortunes, 
and  will  enable  those  not  familiar  wijth  the  progress  of  Quincy  to 
form  an  idea  of  the  men  to  whom  she  is  indebted  for  her  present 
position  as  a  commercial  and  manufacturing  center. 


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HISTORICAL 


There  is  perhaps  no  city  of  Quincy's  size  and  popula- 
tion in  the  Union  of  which  there  has  been  so  little  said 
or  published,  and  around  whose  early  history  cluster  so 
many  recollections  and  events  worthy  of  being  perpet- 
uated. In  the  rush  and  turmoil  of  business  our  citizens 
have  always  had  a  leisure  moment  to  give  to  every  en- 
terprise that  promised  to  advance  the  religious,  educa- 
tional or  commercial  interests  of  Quincy ;  but  it  seems 
seldom  to  have  occurred  to  them  that  by  liberally  and 
judiciously  heralding  the  beauties  and  advantages  of 
their  "  Model  City  "  our  population  could  be  largely 
augmented,  and  every  department  of  business  vastly 
benefited. 

What  we  have  failed  to  do  in  our  own  behalf,  others 
very  naturally  have  left  undone,  until  we  find  that  it  is 
only  within  a  few  years  that  the  outside  world  has 
formed  any  adequate  idea  of  the  important  interests 
centered  here.  The  flourishing  City  of  Quincy,  when 
it  boasted  a  population  of  20,000  was  comparatively  un- 
known, and  it  was  not  until  that  population  had  in- 
creased to  nearly  30,000  souls  that  we  commenced  to 
loom  up  in  the  eyes  of  the  commercial  world,  and  began 
to  attract  a  small  degree  of  attention.  But  while  we  ex- 
hibited enterprise  in  every  other  respect,  it  was  not  to 


6  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 

our  enterprise  in  this  line  that  we  owed  the  first  dis- 
covery of  our  importance  as  a  thriving  business  com- 
munity by  the  world  at  large.  With  a  singular  want 
of  sagacity,  we  allowed  our  city,  with  all  its  advantages 
and  attractions,  to  slumber  quietly  on  the  bank  of  the 
great  Mississippi,  without  sounding  its  merits  to  the 
thousands  of  thrifty  emigrants  who  were  journeying 
westward  from  the  densely  populated  oast,  and  the 
other  thousands  who  came  with  every  breeze  across  the 
broad  Atlantic  to  find  homes  of  peace  and  ^^lenty. 

Other  points,  although  perhaps  not  less  modest  than 
ourselves,  with  a  wondrous  degree  of  enterprise  in  this 
particular  role,  advantaged  themselves  of  the  lethargy 
that  pervaded  Quincy  and  Quincyites,  and  sang  the 
virtues  and  'vantages  of  their  respective  localities  in 
most  alluring  strains.  They  pictured  in  the  brightest 
colors  their  rivers  and  lakes,  their  hills  and  vales,  their 
prairies  and  forests,  and  all  else  that  went  to  make  up 
'•The  Promised  Land  of  the  West,"  while  we  reclined 
here  upon  the  lofty  banks  of  the  grand  old  "  Father  of 
Waters,"  in  the  midst  of  the  famous  "  Military  Tract," 
which  stretched  out  a  vast  expanse  of  undulating  hills 
and  prairies,  diversified  with  stately  forests  and  mean- 
dering brooks,  that  made  up  the  "  fairest  picture  the 
sun  ever  shone  on." 

But  while  we  employed  none  of  the  arts  of  bold 
speculators  to  advance  the  interests  of  our  city  or  its 
inhabitants,  fate  determined  that  we  were  not  to  sink 
into  oblivion,  but  rather  forced  upon  us  a  brighter  des- 
tiny. 

The  wheels  of  commerce  cycled  round,  and  Quincy, 
with  a  firm  elastic  step  marched  on  in  the  line  of  prog- 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  7 

res's.  With  scarce  an  effort  in  her  own  behalf,  prosper- 
ity seemed  to  settle  upon  her  as  a  favorite  spot,  and 
every  enterprise  to  which  she  gave  birth  speedily  be- 
came a  success,  and  resulted  handsomely  to  the  origin- 
ators, s.^^ 

Xot  one  of  the  would  be  rivals  of  the  "  Gem  City  "^ 
that  vauntingly  raised  their  heads  as  rivals  twenty 
years  ago,  now  presume  to  contend  with  us.  Hannibal, 
Keokuk,  Peoria,  &c.,  all  yield  to  Quincy  the  palm  for 
superiority  and  eminence  in  population,  manufactures, 
and  commerce,  and  in  the  great  State  of  Illinois,  Chica-  j 
go  alone,  the  metropolitan  wonder  of  the  century,  leads/ 
our  thriving  city. 

The  progress  of  Quincy  has  been  steady  and  unim- 
peded from  the  day  the  first  white  man  trod  its  prolific 
soil  to  the  present ;  and  considering  the  utter  absence 
of  ostentation  or  display  regarding  our  achievements 
in  science,  commerce  and  manufactures,  it  is  not  strange 
that  our  city  has  not  been  better  known  throughout 
the  Union,  and  awarded  its  proper  rank  among  the 
leading  manufacturing  and  commercial  centers.  But 
while  we  realize  that  other  cities  have  taken  lead  of 
Quincy  in  parading  their  advantages  to  the  world,  we 
also  recognize  the  fact,  that  within  a  few  years  we  have 
commenced  a  system  of  advertising  that  promises  not 
only  to  introduce  our  city  to  the  country  at  large,  but 
insures  us  speedy  communication  with  the  outside 
world.  Under  the  lead  of  wise  and  sagacious  business 
men  we  have  turned  our  attention  to  perfecting  the 
system  of  railroads  that  centers  here,  and  which  has 
been  such  a  powerful  ally  in  developing  the  resources 
of  the  country  surrounding  us,  and  thereby  building  up 


8  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 

our   city,     lu   substantial   enterprises   of  this   nature, 
which  promise  permanent   advantage   to   Quincy,    our 
citizens  have  ever  been  active  and  energetic  ;   and  this 
after  all  is  the  truest  index  to  the  character  of  any  peo- 
ple.    Judging  our  population  then  in   this   light,  they 
have  shown  a  world  of  zeal  and  public  spirit   in   build- 
ing here  a  city  of  as  magnificent  proportions  and  beau- 
tiful arrangement  as   Quincy.     Not   alone   have   they 
profusely  expended  capital  and  labor  in  the  construction 
of  its  railroads  and  other  facilities   of  commerce;    the 
erection  of  its  stately  business  edifices,  elegant  residen- 
ces, costly  churehes  and  noble  educational  institutions  ; 
but  with  commendable  pride,  they  have  kept  an  eye  to 
its  beauty  as  well  as  prosperity.     Its  broad  streets   are 
laid  out  with  faultless  regularity,  its   parks   are   genial 
and  inviting  ;  its  costly  mansions  and  humble  cottages 
are  surrounded  by  capacious  yards,  modeled  after  come- 
ly designs  to  enhance  the  beauties  of  nature  ;  and  eve- 
rywhere are  to  be  found  the  evidences  of  that  refined 
taste  and  delicate  skill,  whose   exercise   has   won   for 
Quincy  such  appellations  as  "Gem  City,"  "Model  City," 
&c.    Added  to  the  natural  beauties  of  location,  and  the 
artificial  embellishments   wrought  here  by   enterprise 
and  skill,  Quincy  stands  pre-eminent  among  her  sisters 
of  the  great  west  for  the  extent  of  her  public  improve- 
ments, salubrity  of  climate,  facilities  of  education,  and 
general  eligibility  of  location  as  a  place  of  residence. 

Our  object  in  issuing  this  work,  has  been  to  better 
introduce  this  favored  city  to  those  who  are  seeking  a 
home,  where  industry  and  energy  are  a  sure  guarantee 
of  prosperity  and  success :  and  in  doing  this  we  have 
endeavored  to  dissemminate  abroad   only  correct   in- 


UlSTORY   OF    QUINCY.  9 

formation  as  to  her  advantages,  growth,  size,  resources 
and  wealth. 

It  is  not  our  aim  or  expectation  to  do  full  justice  to 
the  subject,  but  simply  to  enumerate  a  few  of  her  pres- 
ent and  prospective  advantages  as  a  manufacturing  and 
commercial  point,  and  to  give  a  brief  account  of  her 
mercantile  and  manufacturing  interests  at  the  present 
time. 

However,  before  detailing  the  operations  in  business 
and  commerce  of  the  year  about  to  close,  it  is  proper 
that  we  should  trace  Quincy  from  its  first  settlement, 
through  the  various  stages  of  its  existence  up  to  the 
present  time,  when  it  puts  forth  its  claims  to  metropol- 
itan dignities,  and  stands  erect  a  full  fledged  city  of 
38,000  inhabitants. 

"Quincy  was  originally  selected  as  a  town  site  in  the 
year  1821  by  the  Hon.  John  Wood,  Ex  Governor  of  the 
State,  who  visited  this  neighborhood  in  the  fall  of  that 
year,  in  company  with  two  others  named  Moffit  and 
Flinn,  in  order  to  look  for  and  examine  some  land 
belonging  to  the  latter,  and  which  is  now  within  the 
city  limits.  He  was  so  impressed  with  the  beauty  of 
the  spot,  and  so  well  satisfied  that  from  its  geographical 
position  it  must  become  the  great  point  of  outlet  for 
the  immense  productions,  which  must  speedily  follow 
emigration  to  this  and  neighboring  counties,  that  he 
determined  in  his  own  words  to  "settle  here  for  life." 
He  returned  in  the  full  of  the  succeeding  year  and  erec- 
ted the  first  house  within  the  present  bounds  of  Quincy. 
It  was  a  primitive  structure  built  without  the  aid  of 
nails  or  sawed  lumber,  but  unpretending  as  it  was,  the 
associations  hanging   over   it,    the   almost   miraculous 


10  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 

changes  that  have  taken  place  in  the  face  of  the  coun- 
try surrounding  it,  and  the  marked  vicissitudes  attend- 
ing the  fortunes  of  the  adventurous  pioneer  who  con- 
structed it,  invest  it  at  this  day  with  a  halo  of  inter- 
est peculiarly  its  own,  and  the  mind  loves  to  linger  upon 
it  as  the  germ  planted  in  the  wilds  of  the  West,  from 
which  has  sprung  the  present  vigorous  growth  of  our 
Model  City. 

In  the  spring  succeeding  Mr,  Wood's  arrival.  Major 
Jeremiah  Eose,  a  native  of  New  York,  came  with  his 
family  and  shared  his  cabin,  Mrs.  Eose  being  the  first 
white  woman,  and  her  daughter,  now  Mrs.  George  W. 
Brown,  the  first  white  child,  residing  in  Quincy.  The 
next  house  was  built  in  the  spring  of  1824  by  Mr.  Will- 
ard  Keyes,  a  native  of  Vermont,  and  a  former  acquain- 
tance of  Mr.  Wood,  and  the  third  in  the  following  fall 
by  John  Droulard,  a  Frenchman.  At  this  time' there 
was  no  white  settlement  in  the  Military  Tract  north  of 
Gilead,  a  point  sixty  miles  south  of  Quincy,  (then  called 
Cole's  Point)  near  the  centre  of  Calhoun  County,  and 
but  two  other  white  men,  by  name  Perigo  and  Lile,  in 
the  bounds  of  what  now  is  Adams  County,  and  JJ.  S. 
Troops  were  stationed  at  Fort  Edwards,  the  present  site 
of  Warsaw,  a  point  forty  miles  north  of  Quincy,  for  the 
protection  of  the  frontier  from  the  depredations  of  the 
Indians  who  lived  in  large  numbers  in  the  neighbor- 
hood. Our  pioneers  were  obliged  to  go  forty  miles  to 
mill,  but  a  Dr.  Baker,  who  settled  in  the  fall  of  1824  on 
the  creek  two  miles  south  of  Mr.  Wood's  house,  in  or- 
der to  obviate  this  inconvenience,  with  Yankee  ingenu- 
ity, constructed  a  machine  for  pounding  corn,  the  mo- 
tive of  which  was  water.     Placing  the  grain  in  a  mortar, 


HISTORY    OP   QUINCY.  11 

an  industrious  i)e8tle  soon  reduced  it  to  a  state  suited 
to  manufacture  into  very  tolerable  "hoe  cakes."  A 
tragical  incident  connected  with  the  history  of  this  "the 
first  grist  mill  in  Quincy,"  should  not  be  omitted.  One 
night  when  "der  machine"  was  in  active  operation,  an 
unsophisticated  coon  instigated  by  the  gnawings  of  hun- 
ger, or  perhaps  by  motives  of  curiosity,  attemj^ted  to 
penetrate  into  its  hidden  recessess.  The  descending 
pestle  gave  him  a  forcible  intimation  that  his  presence 
was  undesired,  and  knocking  him  into  the  mortar,  it 
continued  to  pound  him  with  hearty  good  will  until 
morning,  by  which  time  we  may  conclude  that  his  spirit 
of  exploration  was  effectually  subdued.  The  condition 
of  the  "grist"  may  "  be  more  easily  imagined  than  de- 
scribed." 

Previous  to  the  establishnitmt  of  the  white  settle- 
ment, an  Indian  village  of  the  "Sauk"  tribe  occupied 
the  site  of  Quincy,  and  for  several  years  after  its  estab- 
lishment the  original  natives  remained  in  the  vicinity, 
but  as  a  general  thing  were  not  troublesome  neighbors. 

In  the  fall  of  182-4,  John  Wood  inserted  in  a  newspa- 
per printed  at  Edwardsville,  called  the  Edxcardsville 
Spectator^  a  notice  that  application  would  be  made  to 
the  next  Legislature  for  the  establishment  of  a  new 
county,  defining  its  boundaries.  In  accordance  with 
this  application,  by  an  act  approved  January  13,  1825, 
the  Legislature  provided  for  the  organization  of  Adams 
County,  fixing  its  boundaries  as  described  in  the  notice, 
and  as  they  now  exist.  Three  commissioners  were 
appointed  to  locate  the  County  Seat,  Seymour  Kellogg, 
of  Morgan  county,  Joel  "VVright,  of  Montgomery  county, 
and  David  Dutton  of  Pike  county,  who  after  traveling 


12  HISTORY   OF   QUINCY. 

through  and  attentively  examining  the  county,  decided 
upon  this  spot  as  the  one  best  calculated  for  the  future 
convenience  and  accommodation  of  the  people.  They 
christened  the  new  town  Quincy,  in  honor  of  the  Presi- 
dent, and,  although  the  ceremonies  were  not  of  the 
most  imposing  character,  thenceforth  the  city  of  three 
log  cabins  rejoiced  in  a  name. 

The  first  election  of  officers  for  Adams  County  was 
held  on  the  second  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1825,  when  forty 
votes  were  polled.  Willard  Keyes,  Levi  Wells  and  Pe- 
ter Journey  were  elected  County  Commissioners,  and 
at  their  first  meeting,  during  the  same  month  Henry 
H.  Snow  was  appointed  Clerk.  This  gentleman,  pur- 
suant to  an  order  dated  November  9th,  1825,  was  em- 
ployed to  survey  and  draw  plats  of  the  town,  and  two 
hundred  and  thirty  lots,  ninety-nine  by  a  hundred  and 
ninety-eight  feet  were  laid  off.  Much  of  the  subsequent 
prosperity  of  the  place  may  be  ascribed  to  the  wisdom 
and  taste  displayed  in  this  survey.  Streets  were  laid 
ofi"  sixty -six  feet  wide,  all  but  Maine  Street,  which  is 
eighty-two  and  a  half  feet  wide,  and  crossing  each  other 
at  right  angles.  A  space  four  hundred  feet  square  was 
reserved  in  the  center  of  the  town  for  a  public  square, 
now^  called  Washington  Square,  and  the  enclosure 
which  is  now  Jefferson  Square  was  set  apart  for  a  pub- 
lic Cemetery. 

The  first  sale  of  town  lots  took  place  on  the  tliirteenth 
day  of  December  following,  when  fifty-one  lots  which 
had  previously  been  advertised  in  the  St.  Louis  and 
Edwardsville  papers,  were  sold  at  public  auction  by 
the  County  Commissioners,  the  major  part  of  which 
were  purchased  by  the  commissioners  themselves,  the 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  13 

sheriff  and  other  citizens  of  the  County,  very  few  being 
sold  to  outside  speculators,  and  thus  the  curse  which 
has  weighed  so  heavily  on  other  western  towns  was 
avoided. 

Froni  the  close  of  the  year  1825  until  the  beginning 
of  the  year  1835,  the  growth  of  Quincy  was  not  rapid. 
A  variety  of  causes  combined  to  produce  this  result. 
Many  miles  distant  from  mills,  and  from  any  point  where 
provisions  or  supplies  of  any  kind  could  be  obtained,  her 
residents  were  obliged  to  dispense  with  many  of  those 
articles,  which  are  considered,  in  older  communities,  as 
among  tlie  "necessaries  of  life."  Their  coffee  was  a 
decoction  of  okro  seed,  an  herb  cultivated  by  them  for 
^that  purpose,  and  which  they  sweetened  with  wild 
honey,  found  in  great  abundance  in  the  neighboring 
woods.  Their  nearest  blacksmith's  shop  was  at  Atlas, 
forty  miles  distant,  where  they  carried  their  plows  to 
be  sharpened,  swung  upon  a  horse's  back.  These,  and 
other  privations  incident  to  pioneer  life,  together  with 
several  visitations  of  epidemic  disease,  during  the  inter- 
val mentioned,  prevented  any  great  improvement. 

In  the  spring  of  1826,  Mr.  Asher  Anderson  arrived 
with  a  stock  of  goods  from  Maryland  and  opened  the 
first  store,  and  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year  a  Court  .^ 
House  was  built  of  hewed  logs,  on  the  corner  of  Maine 
and  Fifth  streets,  and  in  this  building  the  first  school 
was  organized  and  kept. 

In  1828  Charles  Holmes  and  Eobcrt  Tillson  arrived 
and  established  themselves  as  merchants,  and  in  the 
succeeding  year,  1829,  they  erected  for  their  accommo- 
dation the  first  frame  building  in  Quincy. 

During  this  and  the   succeeding  3^ear   several    other 


14  HISTORY   OP   QUINCY. 

stores  were  opened  by  different  individuals,  and  the 
first  steam  flour  mill  was  erected  by  Mr.  J.  T.  Holmes, 
and  put  an  end  for  a  time  to  the  importation  of  flour. 

In  the  year  1832  the  Elack  Hawk  War  broke  out, 
but  its  chief  effect  upon  Quincy  was  to  increaae  the 
number  in  military  titles,  as  "Colonel,"  "Major,"  &:c., 
"which  it  bestowed  upon  the  citizens  with  a  liberal 
hand. 

In  1833  the  first  regular  church  was  organized,  num- 
bering fifteen  members. 

In  June,  1834,  the  town  was  incorporated,  and  Messrs. 
A.  Williams,  Jos.  T.  Holmes,  S.  W.  Eogers,  Levi  Wells, 
and  Michael  Mast  were  elected  trustees.  lYom  this 
period  may  be  dated  the  rapid  advancement  of  Quincy^ 
in  population  and  wealth.  In  the  year  1835  she  con- 
,^  tained  about  seven  hundred  inhabitants,  with  the  fol- 
lowing establishments,  professional  men,  &c. : 
^  ^0  stoi-es,  1  pork  merchant,  1  bonnet  store,  3  cabinet 
shops,  3  cooper  shops,  5  carpenter  shops,  2  wagon  mak- 
ers, 3  brick  makers,  4  tailors,  2  butchers,  1  silversmith, 
1  chair  maker,  6  physicians,  1  U.  S.  land  office,  2  saw 
mills,  1  wool  carding  machine,  2  drugstores,  2  bakeries, 
1  coach  maker,  4  saddlers,  3  plasterers,  2  boot  and  shoe 
makers,  3  blacksmiths,  1  wheelwright,  6  lawyers,  1 
printing  office,  1  land  agency,  1  steam  flour  mill,  3  tav- 
erns, 1  gunsmith. 

"Up  to  this  year  a  large  portion  of  the  bacon  and 
flour  for  home  consumption  had  been  imported,  but 
from  that  date  until  the  present,  large  and  annually 
increasing  amounts  have  been  exported.  The  value  of 
th,ese  exportations  from  July,  1834,  to  July,  1835, 
amounted  to  $40,000. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  15 

In  1S37,  the  populaliou  had  increased  to  1,G53,  and 
produce  was  shipped  as  follows  :  Pork  $85,000,  Flour 
619,500,  Wheat,  68,000  worth. 

Our  space  will  not  admit  of  a  detailed  enumeration 
of  the  advancement  from  year  to  year.  Passing  over 
the  interval  between  1838  and  18-41,  we  find  that  the 
population  in  the  latter  year  amounted  to  2,686,  and 
that  the  sale  of  merchandise  of  all  sorts  footed  up  to 
6329,800.  Shipments  of  produce  were  as  follows : — 
Wheat,  275,000  bushels,  Corn,  95,000  bushels,  Oats,  50,- 
000  bushels,  and  during  the  same  year  12,000  hogs  were 
packed. 

In  1849  the  population  had  inereai^ed  to  5,500,  and 
there  were  in  the  city  *" 

26  retail  variety  stores,  2  hardware  stores,  2  book 
stores,  3  drug  stores.  2  foundries,  3  machine  shops,  3  / 
printing  offices,  2  hotels,  9  physicians,  13  churches,  5  ' 
private  schools,  5  dry  goods  stores,  10  ware  houses,  4 
steam  flour  mills,  2  steam  saw  mills,  7  pork  houses,  4 
lumber  yards,  5  brick  yards,  15  lawyers,  2  public 
schools." 

Having  thus  only  prefaced  the  early  history  of  Quin- 
cy,  we  will  in  proper  order  enlarge  upon  the  important 
events  transpiring  during  the  various  stages  of  her 
progress,  and  give  them  due  prominence. 


MANUFACTURINXJ  AND  COMMERCIAL  INTERESTS  OF    QUINCY. 

In  most  instances  the  best  means  of  judging  of  the 
advantages  of  any  locality,  is  by  the  extent  of  its  com- 
merce and  manufactures.     Occasionally   we  find   this 


16  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

rule  a  poor  one  to  apply,  as  we  meet  with  cities  and 
towns,  which  without  any  real  advantages  as  commer- 
cial or  manufacturing  points,  bloom  into  a  sort  of  mush- 
room prosperity,  and  exist  for  a  time  with  the  same 
apparent  indications  of  stability  put  forth  by  cities  of 
a  more  substantial  and  permanent  growth.  But  there 
has  been  no  sudden  or  unaccountable  growth  of  Quincy. 
From  the  first  every  step  of  its  advance  has  been  steady 
and  unfaltering. 

Admirably  located  on  the  high  and  healthy  bluffs  of 
the  Mississippi  river,  160  miles  above  St.  Louis,  and 
almost  immediately  at  the  foot  of  the  "rapids,"  with  a 
vast  territory  in  Illinois,  Missouri  and  Iowa,  and  the 
country  farther  west  tributary  to  her,  it  required  no 
prophetic  eye  to  discern  her  future.  Now  the  base  of 
supplies  for  the  vast  regions  above  named,  '^the   wheels 

i  of  commerce  roll  on  with  wondrous  velocity  to  meet 
the  constant  demands  for  goods  of  all  kinds.  However 
the  commercial  success  of  Quincy  was  guaranteed  at 
the  outset  by  the  surroundings  of  which  she  was  the 
center.  The  fertility  of  the  soil  of  the  great  "Prairie 
State,"  as  well  as  the  rich  farming  sections  of  Missouri 
adjacent  to  us,  insured  Quincy  a  large  measure  of  pros- 
perity without  recourse  to  the  other  advantages  that 
have  made  that  prosperity  loom  up  into  such  grand 
proportions  in  the  past  few  years. 

But  the  great  problem,  upon  the  solution  of  which 
depended  more  than  all  else  the  future  of  our  city  has 
been  solved  by  the  establishment  and  successful  opera- 

\  tion  of  the  extensive  mills,  factories  &c.,  that  make  up 
our  manufacturing  interests.  Although  we  had  much 
to  expect  from  the  ordinary  mutations  of  commerce, 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  17 

it  was  hardly  to  be  expected,  even  with    our    excellent 
location  and  surroundings,  that  we  could    build    up    an 
important  city  without  drawing  upon  other  resources. 
It  is  self-evident  then  that  the  kev  note  of  our  s'reatest 
and  most  permanent  prosperity  was  sounded  when  the 
sagacious  men  of  the  city  determined  to  make  this  not 
only  a  commercial  stronghold,  but  also  an    important 
manufacturing  center.     That  resolve  was   carried    out 
in  good  faith,   and    the   days   of  experimenting   with 
manufactures  here  gave  way  to  the  period   when    each 
year  adds  numerous^extensive   establishments  to  those 
that  already  tower  up  in  every  part  of  the  city.     Colos- 
sal tobacco  factories,  mammoth  foundries,  stately  millB, 
extensive  machine  shops,  planing  and  saw  mills,  boiler 
shops,  and  commodious  edifices  devoted    to   every   de- 
partment of  manufacture   are   met   with    through    the 
city.     The    busy    hum   of  industry   and   enterprise   is 
heard  on  all  sides  :  and  at  evening  the  operatives  and 
sons  of  toil  from  these  establishments  throng   through 
our  streets  in  hundreds,  wending  their  way  homeward 
after  a  day  of  labor. 

That  Quincy  has  many  advantages  as  a  manufactur- 
ing site  over  other  western  cities  those  who  will  give 
the  subject  proper  consideration  will  be  convinced.  Al- 
thougn  the  enterprise  started  about  a  year  ago,  which 
promised  to  discover  and  develop  inexhaustible  coal 
mines  in  the  very  heart  of  the  city,  lias  not  met  with 
the  success  it  was  hoped  would  attend  it,  we  still  have 
vast  coal  mines  connected  with  us  by  railroad,  and  aro 
abundantly  supplied  by  enterprising  companies  who 
furnish  coal  of  excellent  quality  and  at  lower  rates  than 
is  paid  tor  the  same  by  Chicago  manufacturers  and  con- 

2   ^^ 


18  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

earners.  Should  we  succeed  in  finding  coal  in  or  near 
the  city  limits  as  many  anticipate,  the  saving  of  cost  of 
transportation  would  give  our  manufacturers  still 
another  advantage,  and  would  give  such  an  impetus  to 
manufactures  as  would  speedily  place  us  in  rivalry  with 
Troy,  Pittsburg,  and  other  j^oints,  and  soon  swell  oar 
population  to  100,000. 

Besides  having  abundance  of  coal  at  fair  rates  we 
have  an  almost  inexhaustible  supply  of  wood  for  fuel  in 
the  vast  forests  on  both  sides  of  the  river  adjacent  to 
the  city.  Here  too,  hard  timber  is  obtained  at  a  com- 
paratively trifling  expense,  and  saw  mills  convert  it  in- 
to lumber  for  use  by  the  manufacturing  establishments 
of  the  city. 

Pine  lumber  from  the  great  lumber  districts  of  Wis- 
consin is  brought  here  annually,  and  a  supply  equal  to 
the  necessities  of  the  city  is  kept  constantly  on  hand 
by  our  dealers. 

Notwithstanding  that  most  of  our  buildings  are 
brick  edifices  the  amount  of  lumber  used  here  annually 
is  enormous.  When  we  consider  however  that  over 
500  buildings  were  erected  in  Quincy  during  the  year 
1868,  it  is  not  surprising.  The  amount  of  lumber  ship- 
ped from  here  annually  is  also  very  large,  and  with  the 
completion  of  the  three  new  railroads  now  organized, 
and  preparing  for  work,  Quincy  is  destined  to  become 
an  important  lumber  mart. 
/  With  the  completion  of  these  railroads  comes  as  a 
matter  of  course,  a  large  influx  of  laborers,  mechanics 
and  business  men  to  swell  our  population  and  increase 
the  local  demand.  Many  too  will  be  attracted  here  by 
the  beauty  and  healthfulness  of  location,  the  compara- 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  19 

lively  small  expense  of  living,  the  rare  educational  ad- 
vantages offered,  and  the  guarantee  of  liberal  remune- 
ration for  labor  in  every  field. 

The  position  of  Quincy  upon  the  Mississippi  Eiver 
enables  her  readily  to  import  the  raw  material  which 
goes  to  supply  her  manufactories.  In  addition  to  this 
great  natural  advantage  which  affords  cheap  and  relia- 
ble means  during  three-fourths  of  the  year,  for  the  dis- 
tribution abroad  of  manufactured  articles,  as  well  as 
for  the  reception  of  materials,  railroads  are  projected 
or  built  to  the  north,  south,  east  and  west,  which  when 
completed,  which  will  be  in  a  very  short  time,  will 
prove  an  inestimable  advantage  to  her  manufacturing 
interest.  On  the  west  lies  a  country  of  unsurpassed 
fertility,  of  great  extent,  and  rich  in  mineral  resources, 
that  must  become  tributary  to  her,  if  her  citizens  con- 
tinue to  }»ush  forward  her  railroad  enterprises  in  this 
direction  with  the  energy  heretofore  displayed,  and  she 
will  thus  be  put  in  possession  not  only  of  a  large  and 
profitable  trade,  but  of  a  plentiful  supply  of  the  prod- 
ucts necessary  to  feed  her  work  shops  and  factories. — 
Of  these  roads  we  propose  to  speak  more  in  detail  in  a 
subsequent  portion  of  this  work.  They  are  too  import- 
ant to  pass  over  with  a  cursory  remark,  and  are  of  vi- 
tal interest  to  Quincy,  not  only  as  they  relate  to  her 
manufacturing  and  commercial  character,  but  in  con- 
nection with  every  other  department  of  social  and  in- 
dustrial advancement.  The  facts  which  have  been  brief- 
ly stated,  are  a  few  of  the  peculiarities  of  position  which 
enables  Quincy  to  manufacture  with  such  cheapness  as 
to  compete  successfully  in  their  own  fields  with  such 
cities  as  Pittsburg,  Cincinnati   and  St.  Louis,    each    of 


20  HISTORY   or   QUINCY. 

which  she  is  gradually  supplanting  in  places  heretofore 
dependent  upon  them  for  their  supplies.  They  are  suf- 
ficient to  establish  that  her  resources  as  a  manufactur- 
ing city  are  unexcelled,  so  far  as  facilities  for  produc- 
tion are  concerned.  With  regard  to  means  of  distribu- 
tion she  is  equally  fortunate.  When  we  speak  of  her 
commercial  facilities  this  will  be  apparent,  for  the  same 
circumstances  which  favor  the  distribution  of  her  wares, 
conduce  to  render  her  commerce  extensive  and  valu- 
able. 

Under  the  head  of  "Eailroads"  and  "Eiver  Com- 
merce," we  shall  have  occasion  to  note  many  items  that 
argue  the  advantages  of  Quincy  as  a  commercial  and 
manufacturing  center,  and  argue  a  future  for  her  bright- 
er than  the  anticipations  of  her  most  sanguine  friends. 


MERCANTILE    AND    MANUFACTrRING    INTERESTS. 

In  detailing  the  operations  in  the  various  mercantile 
and  manufacturing  departments  of  Quincy,  we  have 
used  our  utmost  endeavors  to  obtain  accurate  figures 
and  statements  with  a  view  to  present  our  city  in  its 
proper  light,  as  well  to  the  capitalist  as  to  the  produc- 
ing and  laboring  classes.  In  some  cases  we  have  been 
unable  to  procure  as  full  statistics  as  we  had  hoped  for, 
owing  to  the  objectioos  of  many  business  men  to  mak- 
ing their  operations  and  transactions  public.  With  our 
leading  manufacturing  and  business  firms  no  such  ob- 
jection has  been  raised,  and  we  give  a  full  and  accurate 
report  of  the  business  of  the  year,  which  will  in  most 
instances  be  found  less  than  an  average  of  their  annual 


HISTORY   OF   QUINCY.  21 

operations.  The  cause  of  the  discrepancy  this  year  in 
many  departments  of  trade  and  manufacture  as  com- 
pared with  previous  years  is  not  that  we  have  been  less 
enterprising  or  more  sorely  afflicted  with  "  hard  times  " 
than  other  localities,  but  may  be  readily  traced  to  the 
general  depression  of  business  throughout  the  country 
the  present  year. 

In  many  dej)artments  of  trade  however,  business  has 
increased  rather  than  decreased,  and  our  leading  man- 
ufacturing interests  have  prospered  to  a  degree  that 
far  exceeded  the  anticipations  of  the  most  sanguine. 

The  year  just  closing  has  added  a  number  of  colossal 
establishments  to  the  mercantile  interests  of  Quincy, 
and  also  several  extensive  manufacturing  houses. — 
While  other  points  have  felt  the  severity  of  the  times, 
there  has  been  comparatively  little  complaint  here,  and 
our  business  men  have  done  handsomely.  This  is  the 
more  gratifying  when  it  is  understood  that  on  all  sides 
it  is  conceded  business  must  vastly  increase  from  this 
time  forward,  and  even  in  a  greater  ratio  than  in  years 
past.  Our  hopes  in  this  respect  are  not  ill-founded,  for 
with  the  completion  of  the  four  railroads  now  project- 
ed and  guaranteed,  Quincy  must  rapidly  advance  in 
population,  wealth,  and  commercial  importance.  The 
best  indication  of  our  prospects  however,  is  to  be  found 
in  the  daily  augmentation  of  our  population,  and  the 
fact  that  shrewd  business  men  from  all  sections  of  the 
country  are  arriving  here  and  establishing  themselves 
in  the  various  departments  of  trade.  That  they  find 
inducements  here  not  offered  by  any  city  of  like 
size  in  the  west,  all  who  have  visited  Quincy  and  post- 
ed themselves  in  regard  to  her  advantages  and  resour- 


22  HISTORY    OP   QUINCY. 

ces  will  readily  admit.  To  those  who  have  never  troub- 
led themselves  to  inquire  into  the  present  position  and 
future  prospects  of  our  city,  we  submit  the  facts  and 
fia^ures  contained  in  this  little  volume  as  evidence  of 
our  commercial,  manufacturing,  and  social  status,  con- 
fident that  the  exhibit  will  not  be  even  approximated 
by  any  city  of  40,000  inhabitants  in  the  west. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  23 


MANUFACTURES. 


FLOUPt. 

To  no  department  of  her  manufactures  is  Quincy 
more  largely  indebted  for  the  enviable  reputation  she 
has  achieved  as  a  manufacturing  center,  than  to  her 
milling  interests.  The  manufacture  of  flour  was  com- 
menced earljMn  her  history,  and  the  embryo  "grist 
mill  "  established  in  1824,  by  a  shrewd  yankee  named 
Dr.  Baker,  has  grown  to  be  one  of  the  most  important 
manufacturing  interests  centered  here. 

In  this  department  a  vast  amount  of  capital  is  em- 
ployed, and  the  annual  product  of  our  milling  establish- 
ments is  large.  But  not  alone  we  have  we  a  reputa- 
tion for  the  quantity  oi  flour  annually  produced  here, 
but  the  quality  is  such  that  it  ranks  with  the  famous 
brands  of  the  country.  Everywhere  the  demand  for  it 
is  greater  than  the  supply,  and  in  Liverpool  and  other 
European  markets  it  is  known  almost  as  well  as  in  our 
home  markets.  But  the  success  that  has  crowned  our 
manufactures  in  this  line  is  not  surprising  or  unaccount- 
able. Besides  the  vast  capital  engaged  in  building  up 
this  interest,  and  bringing  it  to  its  present  pre-eminent 
position  among  the  great  flour  marts  of  this  country, 
the  time,  tialent  and  labor  of  many  of  our  most  enter- 
prising citizens  has  been  devoted  to  the  same  work  for 


24  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

a  score  or  more  years.  The  costly  and  extensive  estab- 
lishments employed  in  the  manufacture  of  flour  that 
tower  up  in  Quincy  now,  were  not  all  built  in  a  day. — 
Wlien  Osborn,  and  Bagby  and  others  who  have  been 
largely  instrumental  in  making  Quinc}'  a  great  flour 
mart  commenced  that  arduous  work,  they  operated  in 
no  sueh  noble  structures  as  the  present  "Eagle,"  "  Tel- 
lico,"  or  '"Castle"  mills,  but  were  confined  to  more 
modest  and  less  capacious  establishments.  However, 
with  such  men,  no  matter  how  humble  their  beginning, 
success  was  only  a  question  of  time.  Ripe  with  sagac- 
ity, full  of  energy,  and  alive  with  enterprise,  each  year 
witnessed  some  new  improvement,  some  needed  addi- 
tion to  their  establishments,  until  almost  unperceived, 
success  was  achieved,  and  they  found  themselves  at  the 
head  of  colossal  mills,  not  surpassed  by  those  of  the 
great  cities  of  the  east.  There  was  no  longer  any  ques- 
tion as  to  the  feasibility  of  profitably  manufiicturing 
flour  in  Quincy,  and  many  embarked  in  the  enterprise. 
We  have  now  ten  establishments  engaged  in  its  manu- 
flicture,  most  of  them  model  concerns,  with  all  the  im- 
provements which  experience  has  recommended.  Sev- 
eral of  these  mills,  the  Eagle,  Castle,  Tellico,  City,  &c., 
have  a  capacit}'-  of  300  barrels  per  day,  and  all  of  these 
are  almost  constantly  kept  running. 

A  magnificent  area  of  wheat  country  surrounds 
Quincy,  and  the  quality  of  the  wheat  raised  is  of  the 
very  best.  Much  excellent  wheat  is  also  brought  here 
annually  from  Minnesota  and  Wisconsin  by  the  river 
at  a  moderate  cost  of  transportation,  and  is  converted 
into  flour  by  our  mills. 

The  demand  for  Quincy  flour  comes  from  all  quarters, 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  25 

and  is  always  in  excess  of  the  supply,  and  while  much 
of  it  in  the  transmutations  of  commerce  finds  its  way 
to  the  seaboard  and  across  the  Atlantic,  other  large 
quantities  of  it  go  westward  over  the  plains  and  to  the 
Rocky  Mountains.  In  Salt  Lake  City  this  flour  is  large- 
ly consumed,  and  is  reported  to  give  better  satisfaction 
than  any  that  is  offered  to  the  saints  and  prophets  of 
that  remarkable  place. 

The  manufacture  of  f^our  is  now  carried  on  by  the 
following  firms,  who  have  met  with  merited  success. — 
They  are  among  the  most  energetic  and  enterprising 
of  our  citizens,  and  the  future  cannot  but  add  to  their 
prosperity  and  success. 

NAME   Of   MILLS.  FIRM.  CAPACITT    PER   DAT. 

Eagle  :Mills W.  H.  Osborn  &  Co., 350  barrel?. 

Castle  Mills Bagby  &  Wood, 300       " 

Tellico  Mills Dick  Bros., 3oO 

City  Mills C.  E.  ^hitmore 300 

Star  Mills Wheeler  &  Cruttenden, 100 

Quincy  Mills Monning  Bros., 100       " 

City  Springs  Mills W.  Hunerwadel, 100       '• 

Centre  Mills,. Allen  &  Whyers, 300       " 

Parmers'  Mills Crockett  &  Mason 150       " 

Eoyal  Mills Osborn  &  Naylor, 

The  past  year  there  has  been  less  done  by  our  mills 
than  any  season  for  ten  years  previous,  and  we  there- 
fore refrain  from  publication  of  the  year's  operations, 
as  it  would  not  be  anything  like  a  fair  average.  They 
have  however  given  employment  to  130  hands,  and 
have  done  a  profitable  business.  The  capital  invested 
is  about  $400,000. 


(i 


26  *  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 


Ex 'Gov.  JQM.V   WQQB»  "  FiiTMSS  ow  QuzjfCT^*' 


In  the  sketch  we  arc  about  to  give  of  Ex-Governor 
John  Wood,  who  is  appropriately  called  the  "Father  of 
Quincy,"  we  are  well  aware  that  we  will  not  do  full  jus- 
tice to  that  venerable  citizen,  to  whom  more  than  any 
other  Quincy  is  indebted  for  all  she  is  and  expects  to 
be.  But  while  we  may  not  fill  the  measure  of  expec- 
tation in  the  minds  of  our  readers,  it  will  require  little 
effort  to  lay  before  them  a  sketch  replete  with  interest- 
ing facts  and  remarkable  events  in  the  life  of  one, 
around  whose  name  cluster  so  many  glorious  recollec- 
tions and  memorable  associations.  Although  we  know 
that  we  could  do  him  no  greater  displeasure  than  pub- 
lish his  virtues  and  great  deeds  to  the  world,  it  is  a 
duty  we  owe  our  readers  who  venerate  and  love  the 
man,  to  award  a  prominent  place  in  this  work  to  the 
founder,  friend,  and  "  Father  of  Quincy." 

Few  men  have  passed  through  a  more  eventful  ca- 
reer than  the  Hon.  John  Wood.  Born  in  1795,  in  the 
State  of  New  York,  he  had  scarcely  passed  the  age  of 
maturity,  when  we  find  him  tracking  across  the  great 
Avilds  of  the  north-west  to  the  sparsel}'  settled  Valley 
of  the  Mississippi.  In  the  fall  of  1821,  he  arrived  in 
the  neigborhood  of  the  now  populous  City  of  Quinc}^, 
with  two  companions,  one  of  whom  owned  some  land 
in  the  vicinity.     At  once  impressed  with  the  beauty  of 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCy.  27 

the  spot,  and  its  admirable  geographical   position,    ho 

resolved,  in  his  own  words,  to  "settle  here  for  life." 

The  succeeding  fall  he  returned,  and  erected  the  first 
house  within  the  present  bounds  of  Quincj^  In  the 
spring  following,  Mr.  Wood  w^as  joined  by  a  family 
from  Xew  York,  and  shortly  after  Willard  Kcyes  and 
John  Droullard,  a  Frenchman,  were  added  to  the  little 
settlement.  At  that  time  there  was  no  w^hite  settle- 
ment within  sixty  miles  of  Quiney  on  the  south,  or 
forty  on  the  north. 

In  1825  through  the  efforts  of  John  Wood,  the  coun- 
ty of  Adams  was  organized,  and  the  little  settlement 
AA^as  fixed  upon  as  the  County  Seat,  and  christened  in 
honor  of  the  President,  "  Quiney." 

Thus  early  John  Wood  manifested  an  untiring  zeal 
for  the  advancement  and  prosperity  of  the  young  set- 
tlement, and  from  that  time  until  now,  his  zeal  for  the 
improvement  and  success  of  Quiney,  has  not  abated  the 
least. 

In  the  spring  of  184-4,  John  Wood  was  elected  Mayor 
of  the  city,  and  so  efficiently  and  faithfully  did  he  serve 
the  city  in  that  position,  that  he  was  elected  for  three 
successive  terms  following.  In  1852,  he  was  again  cal- 
led to  the  helm  of  city  affairs,  and  in  1853  was  re-elect- 
ed. Three  years  having  elapsed  he  w^as  again  called 
by  the  people  of  Quiney  to  the  mayoralty,  and  admin- 
istered the  affairs  of  the  city  with  the  same  success  and 
satisfaction  for  which  he  was  proverbial. 

But  the  reputation  of  John  Wood  was  not  confined 
to  Quiney  alone,  for  throughout  the  State  he  was  rec- 
ognized as  one  of  its  greatest  and  best  citizens.  Being 
an  ardent  Whig  in  185G,    he   was   nominated   on    the 


28  HISTORY   OF    QUINCY. 

ticket  with  Gov.  Bissell,  for  Lieutenant  Governor,  and 
elected.  The  former  dying,  the  duties  of  Governor  de- 
volved upon  the  latter,  and  he  performed  them  with 
signal  ability. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  war  in  1861,  Gov.  Wood  be- 
ing an  ardent  advocate  of  the  cause  of  the  Union,  was 
appointed  Quarter  Master  General  of  the  State  of  Illi- 
nois. His  devotion  to  the  soldiers  of  Illinois,  and  his 
efforts  to  alleviate  their  sufferings  on  the  field  and  in 
the  hospitals  of  the  country,  are  a  part  of  the  records 
of  Illinois  patriotism. 

But,  unimpeachable  as  has  been  the  pub .ic  life  of  Gov. 
Wood,  his  private  life  has  been  pregnant  with  noble 
deeds  and  generous  works  that  are  not  paled  by  his 
most  distinguished  services  in  behalf  of  the  city,  state, 
or  nation. 

Eminent  for  his  great  qualities  of  head  and  heart,  his 
munificent  donations  to  the  charitable  institutions  of 
Quinc}^,  and  his  liberal  encouragement  of  every  worthy 
enterprise,  are  household  words  in  the  city. 

Advanced  to  the  ripe  old  age  of  74,  with  a  constitu- 
tion still  vigiorous  and  active,  Gov.  Wood  has  the  proud 
privilege  of  witnessing  the  growth  in  beauty,  wealth  and 
dignity  of  the  city  that  he,  with  wondrous  sagacity, 
planted  nearly  fifty-eight  years  ago.  A  man  of  sterling 
integrity,  and  a  radical  advocate  of  right.  Gov.  Wood 
is  kind  aud  affable  in  his  disposition,  and  in  his  declin- 
ing years  enjoys  the  friendship  and  veneration  of  all 
who  know  him. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  29 


TOBACCO  MANUFACTOEIES. 

Among  the  most  prominent  features  iu  the  manufac- 
turing list  is  that  of  Tobacco.  Four  large  establish- 
ments are  at  present  in  active  operation,  employing  an 
actual  capital  of  $345,000,  Avith  gross  sales  exceeding 
§1,300,000,  as  well  as  giving  constant  employment  to 
560  hands.  The  tobacco  manufactured  in  these  estab- 
ments  reaches  every  market  in  the  Union,  commanding 
the  highest  prices,  owing  to  the  admirable  adaptation 
of  this  climate  to  that  particular  business,  as  well  as 
the  superior  business  qualifications  of  the  proprietors, 
whose  thorough  knowledge  of  the  business  has  been 
gained  b}''  long  experience  and  close  application,  allow- 
ing no  improvement  to  escape  them,  regardless  of 
trouble  or  expense,  and  hence  their  great  success. — 
Hundreds  of  little  boys  and  girls  find  constant  employ- 
ment in  these  establishments,  thus  enabling  them  to 
earn  not  only  a  living  for  themselves,  but  also  to 
furnish  food  and  raiment  for  their  widowed  mothers 
and  smaller  brothers  ^nd  sisters,  who  would  otherwise 
be  thrown  upon  the  cold  charities  of  the  public,  and 
would  of  necessity  suffer  not  only  for  food,  but  also 
from  the  chilly  blasts  of  winter. 

No  less  than  two  of  these  establishments  have  agents 
in  the  Virginia,  Tennessee  and  Kentucky  tobacco  mar- 
kets, whose  business  it  is  to  purchase  the  very  best  of 
tobacco  sold  in  these  markets.     Therefore  they  are  en- 


30  HISTORY    OF   QUINCT. 

abled  to  supply  their   customers   with   the   very   test 
brands  that  can  be  found  in  any  market  in  the  Union. 

The  following  are  the  factories  now  in  operation  and 
the  names  of  firms  operating  the  same. 

7ACT0BT.  FI&X. 

Eclipse  Tobacco  Works J.  E.  Harris  &  Co. 

Empire  Tobacco  Works Harris,  Beebe  &  Co. 

Liberty  Tobacco  Works Binkert  Bros.  &  Ware. 

Gem  City  Tobacco  Works Thos.  H.  Collins  &  Co. 

National  Tobacco  Works H.  E.  Jansen  &  Co. 

Besides  the  above  named,  which  are  devoted  exclu- 
sively to  the  manufacture  of  plug  tobacco,  we  have  in 
our  city  two  factories  engaged  in  manufacturing  smok- 
ing tobacco. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  31 


BQ^.  TMOS.  JiiSPMS»  ViasPsBS.  isr^iir,  Bajfx. 

OR    "  MEN    OF    MARK  "    IN    QUINCY. 


Few  of  the  prominent  business  men  of  Quincy  hava 
had  so  uninterrupted  a  career  of  prosperity  as  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch. 

Hon.  Thomas  Jasper  is  a  native  of  the  State  of  Ken- 
tucky, and  came  to  Quincy  from  that  State  in  1837, 
being  then  a  young  man,  just  starting  in  life.  Like 
most  of  the  now  "  solid  men  "  of  our  city,  Mr  Jasper's 
capital  on  his  arrival  in  Quincy  consisted  of  a  vigorous 
constitution,  a  brave  heart  and  a  determined  spirit,  and 
with  these  he  began  the  conflict  of  life.  Shortly  after 
locating  here  he  was  elected  constable,  and  filled  that 
position  until  1840,  when  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  Ad- 
ams county.  At  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  ofilce  as 
sheriff,  he  invested  what  funds  he  had  accumulated  in 
a  stock  of  groceries,  and  opened  a  store.  For  ten 
years  he  devoted  himself  to  merchandising,  and  the'i 
retiring  from  mercantile  business,  bought  an  interest 
in  the  distillery  on  the  Bay,  known  as  "  King's."  On 
the  death  of  Mr.  King,  Mr.  Jasper  succeeded  to  the 
ownership  and  management  of  the  entire  business,  and 
as  was  invariably  the  case,  with  whatever  he  was  con- 
nected, it  yielded  handsome  profits. 


32  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 

In  1860,  Mr.  Jasper  was  elected   Mayor   of  Qiiincy, 
and  in  1868  was  chosen  as  one  of  the  representatives  in 
the  State  Legislature  from  Adams  County.     We  have 
above  traced  briefly  some  of  the   steps   in    his   life   in 
Quincy,  but  much  more  remains  to  be  said  that  might 
be  better  said  by  an  abler   pen.     Through   his   entire 
career  as  officer,  merchant,  manufacturer,  mayor  or  leg- 
islator, he  was  ever  active  and    faithful,    and   retained 
the  confidence  of  the  entire  community.     Now  one  of 
the  wealthiest  of  our  citizens,  he  is   indebted  alone  to 
his  own  exertions  for  what  he  possesses,  and  none  con- 
tribute with  a  more  liberal  hand  to  any  enterprise  that 
promises  to  improve  the  status  of  Quincy,  socially  or 
otherwise.     An  earnest  advocate  of  railroads,  his  time 
and  means  have  been  liberally  given  to  forward  them, 
and  for  the  past  few  months  it  is  well  known   that    he 
has  worked  with  a  zeal  surpassed  by  none  in  behalf  of 
the  proposed  new  roads.     One  of  the   founders    of  the 
Quincy  Savings  Bank,  now  the  First  National,  he  is  at 
present  Vice  President  of  that  solid  institution. 

In  personal  appearance  Mr.  Jasper  presents  a  fine 
type  of  the  snbstantial  business  man.  With  an  open 
inviting  countenance,  a  massive  forehead  and  a  piercing 
eye,  his  face  indicates  the  man — frank,  generous  and 
determined,  a  genial  gentleman,  an  irreproachable  cit- 
izen, a  steadfast  friend,  such  is  the  Hon.  Thomas  Jasper, 
than  whom  Quincy  boasts  no  better  man. 


HISTORY   OF   QUINCY.  33 


MACHmE  SHOPS. 

It  was  to  be  expected  that  in  a  city  devoted  so  large- 
ly to  manufactures  as  Quincy,  there  would  be  establish- 
ments for  turning  out  the  machinery  and  implements 
demanded  in  every  branch  of  manufactures.  That  ex- 
pectation has  however  been  more  than  realized,  for  not 
only  have  we  extensive  machine  shops,  but  we  have 
also  mechanics,  whose  skill  and  genius  have  made  them 
famous  wherever  steam  is  employed  as  a  motive  power, 
or  wherever  the  steam  engine  is  found.  More  than 
this,  our  machine  shops  are  now  and  have  been  for 
years  shipping  to  all  parts  of  the  west  their  machines 
and  implements.  'Nov  are  we  to  wonder  at  the  demand 
for  Quincy  work  in  this  line.  All  the  establishments 
devoted  to  this  branch  of  manufactures  are  models  in 
every  respect,  provided  with  every  facility  and  improve- 
ment, and  managed  by  master  mechanics.  But  whilo 
our  machine  shops  have  performed  a  noble  part  in 
building  up  our  city  and  in  supplying  localities  all  thro' 
the  west  with  the  means  of  forwarding  their  develop- 
ment and  growth,  they  have  not  rested  there.  Not 
content  to  shape  and  build  that  which  the  minds  of 
others  had  conceived,  Quincy  genius  has  itself  been 
active  in  the  field  of  invention,  and  from  our  dusky 
workshops  have  sprung  inventions  and  improvements 
in  mechanism  to  which  humanity  is  indebted  for  their 
time,  labor  and  life  saving  character. 

The  celebrated  "Automaton  Steam   Governor,"  pat- 
ented  by   Kobert   W.  Gardner,   Esq.,   of  this  city,  and 

3 


34  HISTORY    01'    QUINCY. 

which  is  used  all  over  the  contiuent,   may   be    cited    a» 
T30  ordinary  achievement  iu  mechanism. 

In  the  same  connection  may  be  mentioned  the  fam- 
ous "Iron  Barge"  for  transporting  grain  in  bulk,  in- 
vented by  John  Williams,  Esq.,  of  Quinc}^  and  which 
was  awarded  the  first  prize  by  the  committee  of  old 
iand  exporionced  shippers  and  steamboat  men  at  tha 
great  St,  Louis  fair  of  1868,  a  score  or  more  contestants 
being  present, 

So  well  is  the  reputation  of  our  machine  shops  cs- 
iablished  that  they  are  kept  constant!}'  busy  with  large 
forces  of  men,  supplying  the  steady  and  increasing  de- 
mand for  work  in  their  line.  This  demand  comes  from 
almost  every  section  of  the  states  west  of  us,  and  even 
Chicacro  and  St.  Louis  draw  on  Quincy  for  steam  en- 
gines,  &c.,  occasionally.  All  work  in  this  department 
is  turned  out  in  the  best  possible  style,  and  will  compare 
in  strength,  durability,  and  finish  with  any  from  the 
oldest  and  best  establishments  of  the  east, 

At  present  the  following  firms  are  engaged  in  manu- 
facturing machinery  and  doing  a  general  machine 
business: — John  Williams  Sc  Co.,  Gardner  &  Robertson, 
S.  (Jr.  Tyler,  M.  T.  Greenleaf,  Worrell,  Bert  &  Co.,  W. 
Hagen,  J.  Schaffncr,  P.  Schwebel.  These  establish- 
ments employ  constantly  about  3G0  hands,  and  do  a 
business  of  §1,050,000  a  year.  The  capital  invested  in 
this  branch  of  manufactures  is  8240,000. 


HISTORY    OF    QUJNCY.  35 


FOUNDRIES. 

We  have  in  our  city  several  extensive  loundrieH,  but 
most  of  theui  are  connected  with  machine  shops,  and 
properly  come  under  that  head.  Others  are  separate 
and  distinct,  and  all  are  managed  by  experienced  and 
gkillful  mechanics.  They  are  prepared  to  turn  out  all 
classes  of  Avork  in  iron  and  brass,  and  in  the  best  possi- 
ble style.  In  this  line  improvement  has  been  more 
marked  than  in  perhaps  any  branch  of  manufactures, 
and  there  is  scarcely  any  article  or  implement  used  in 
mechanism  that  cannot  be  obtained  here.  Brass  mold- 
ing is  now  extensively  carried  on  at  these  establish- 
ments, and  is  executed  in  a  high  order  of  workmanship 
and  finish. 

It  is  only  within  a  few  years  that  our  mechanics 
have  attempted  work  of  this  class,  but  they  liave  been 
so  successful  in  the  undertaking  that  they  have  enlarg- 
ed tlieir  facilities,  and  gone  into  it  on  an  extensive 
scale.  They  have  already  built  up  a  large  trade,  and 
we  have  now  in  successful  operation  an  extensive  es- 
tablishment for  the  sale  of  machinist's  supplies,  iron 
and  brass  finishings,  &c.  Here,  everything  needed  in 
the  larjrest  manufacturini]^  establishment  can  be  had  at 
more  advantageous  rates  than  in  larger  cities,  and  the 
prospect  is  fair  to  make  (^uincy  the  base  of  supplies  for 
troods  in  this  line  of  a  vast  section  of  the  west. 

The  following  firms  are  now  carrying  on  foundries, 
but  as  much  of  the  products  of  their  establishments 
has  been  estimated  under  the  head  of  Machine   Shops, 


36  HISTORY   OF   QUINGY. 

it  is  not  deemed  necessary  to  restate  the  amount  of  work 
turned  out  by  them  : — John  Williams  &  Co. ;  M.  T. 
Greenleaf ;  Smith,  Hayner  &  Co.;  Worrell,  Bert  &  Co.; 
E.  Sien  ;  P.  Lally. 

These  firms  employ  a  large  number  of  hands,  most 
of  whom  have  also  been  included  in  the  estimate  of 
those  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  machinery. 


STOVES. 

In  the  manufacture  of  Stoves  and  Hollow  Ware 
Quincy  ranks  second  to  no  city  west  of  Pittsburg  for 
the  amount  of  work  annually  turned  out.  The  estab- 
lishments devoted  to  this  branch  of  manufactures  are 
built  on  an  extensive  scale,  and  are  provided  with  all 
the  improvements  and  appurtenances  that  long  years 
of  skillful  management  have  suggested  as  most  desir- 
able. The  best  mechanics  that  the  country  affords  are 
employed  here,  and  receive  handsome  wages  for  their 
labor. 

The  vast  territory  that  seeks  Quincy  for  supplies  in 
this  line  has  necessitated  a  yearly  increase  in  the  amount 
of  stoves  manufactured,  and  our  foundries  have  repeat- 
edly enlarged  their  facilities  for  supplying  this  demand. 
We  have  now  one  of  the  largest  stove  foundries  in  the 
Union,  and  all  in  operation  here  employ  large  forces  of 
hands.     The  success  that  has  attended  our  manufactur- 


HISTORY   OF   QUINCY.  37 

«rs  in  this  department  is  more  than  flattering,  and  the 
future  promises  even  brighter  results  than  have  yet 
been  achieved.  Trade  continues  to  enlarge  annuallj 
and  stoves  from  this  market  are  now  shipped  to  all 
points  in  the  Mississippi  Valley  and  in  the  states  and 
territories  west.  Wherever  they  have  been  introduced, 
satisfaction  is  guaranteed,  and  a  foothold  once  gained, 
a  permanent  trade  is  established. 

Quincy  owes  much  to  the  enterprising  proprietor* 
and  managers  of  these  extensive  establishments,  as  they 
have  been  vastly  beneficial  to  her,  and  have  been  sec- 
ond to  no  other  interest  in  building  up  our  city,  and  in- 
creasing its  wealth  and  power.  Besides  the  large 
amount  annually  paid  out  to  mechanics,  and  thus  dis- 
tributed through  the  channels  of  commerce,  this  branch 
of  manufactures  has  added  material  wealth  to  Quincy 
in  the  colossal  establishments  erected  by  the  enterpris- 
ing men  engaged  in  it.  Few  even  of  our  own  citizens 
have  an  idea  of  the  extent  of  this  business,  and  wd 
therefore  give  some  items  of  information  below. 

This  year  the  stove  foundries  of  our  city  employed 
314  hands  and  manufactured  36,400  stoves,  which  at  an 
average  of  $13  a  piece  amounts  to  $473,200.  The  fol- 
lowing are  the  firms  now  engaged  in  this  branch  of 
manufactures  : — Comstock,  Castle  &  Co. ;  Bonnet  & 
Duffy  ;  Excelsior  Works,  (co-operative,)  ;  Thomas 
AVhite. 


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8  HISTORY   OP   QUINCY. 


mQ^\  WILLIAM  t^.  El€S^BBSQ^n 

OR    "  MEN    OF    MARK  "    IN    QUINCY. 


Quincy  ha3  had  a  large  share  in  shaping  the  destinies 
aud  administering;  the  affairs  of  the  nation,  and  many 
of  her  citizens  have  rendered  eminent  service  in  her 
councils  of  state.  Of  these  none  have  had  so  extended 
and  eventful  a  career  as  the  Hon.  Wm.  A.  Eichardson. 

Eorn  in  Kentucky  in  1811,  he  came  to  Illinois  in 
1831,  and  thus  early  commenced  the  practice  of  law. 
in  Shelby  County,  although  not  quite  out  of  his  teens. 
His  success  at  the  bar  was  so  marked  that  in  1831:  the 
Legislature  elected  him  to  the  responsible  position  of 
State's  Attorney.  This  position  he  resigned  in  1836, 
on  his  election  to  the  Legislature  from  Schuyler  Coun- 
ty. In  1838  he  was  again  sent  by  his  constituents  to 
the  Legislature,  this  time  as  a  member  of  the  Senate, 
where  he  served  four  years.  Two  years  having  expired 
he  was  a  second  time  elected  to  the  House  of  Represen- 
tatives, and  upon  its  organization  was  elected  speaker. 
The  same  year  he  was  one  of  the  Presidential  Electors 
on  the  Democratic  ticket. 

On  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  with  Mexico  Mr. 
Ivichardson,  although  just  at  the  spring-tide  of  political 
preferment,  with  the  honors  and  emoluments  of  office 
within  his  grasp,  resolved  to  espouse  the   cause   of  his 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCy.  39 

country  on  the  tield  of  strife.  Raising  a  company,  he 
at  once  went  to  the  front  and  did  noble  service.  Devot- 
ed to  his  men,  a  brave  and  humane  officer,  on  the  field 
of  Buena  Yista  he  was  for  gallant  conduct  promoted  to 
the  position  of  Lieutenant  Colonel  by  the  unanimous 
voice  of  his  rcfj-iment. 

Eeturning  home  with  the  laurels  of  the  field,  exalted 
lionors  awaited  him,  and  he  was  promptly  elected  to 
Congress  to  fill  the  vacancy  occasioned  by  the  resig- 
nation of  Judge  Douglas.  Re-elected  in  1848,  and  for 
three  successive  terms  immediately  followintr.  Col. 
Richardson  continued  in  Congress  until  185G,  and  was 
a  recognized  leader  of  his  party  in  that  body.  On  his 
retirement  from  Congress,  he  Avas  nominated  by  the 
Democracy  of  Illinois  for  Governor,  but  was  defeated 
by  Gov.  Bissell.  the  majority  of  the   latter   being   onlv 

aooo. 

The  administration  of  President  Buchanan  comino- 
into  power,  ho  was  in  1857,  appointed  by  the  President 
Governor  of  the  then  territory  of  Nebraska.  This  po- 
^ition  however  he  retained  only  one  year,  when  he 
again  returned  to  Quinc3\  Here  in  ISGO  ho  again  re- 
ceived the  nomination,  and  was  again  elected  to  Con- 
gress where  he  served  until  18G3,  when  ho  resigned  to 
accept  a  seat  in  the  United  States  Senate  to  which  he 
liad  been  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy  occasioned  by  the 
death  of  the  lamented  Douglas.  The  political  complex- 
ion of  the  State  and  Nation  havinic  underirone  a  irreat 
change,  and  the  Republican  party  being  in  tho  ascend- 
ant in  both,  at  tho  expiration  of  his  term  in  the  Senate, 
Col.  Richardson  soufvht  the  retirement  of  his    home    in 

CD 

Quincy. 


40  HISTORY   OF    QUINCY. 

Although  this  remarkable  man  has  passed  through 
the  eventful  and  distinguished  career  here  briefly 
sketched,  he  is  still  vigorous  in  mind  and  body,  and  is 
destined  to  yet  do  valuable  service  in  the  interests  of 
the  nation.  A  man  of  warm  and  generous  impulses,  of 
powerful  intellect  and  bold  ideas.  Col.  Eichardson  hai 
at  all  times  wielded  a  giant  influence  with  the  masses, 
and  has  found  few  equals  as  a  stump  orator,  while  in 
the  great  councils  of  his  party  his  native  eloquence 
has  been  no  less  potent.  Few  men  have  had  more  de- 
voted followers  in  the  arena  of  politics;  and  of  all  the 
great  men  with  whom  he  has  mingled,  none  have  been 
more  steadfast  to  principle  and  party  than  the  Hon. 
Wm.  A.  Eichardson. 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  41 


BREWERIES. 

With  the  large  German  element  of  Quincy  it  was  not 
unnatural  to  suppose  there  would  be  an  active  demand 
for  beer.  Such  is  the  f:\ct,  but  it  is  a  question  whether  the 
Germans,  or  other  nationalities  of  Quincy  consume  the 
most.  One  fact  is  apparent,  that  all  classes  of  our  citi- 
zens enjoy  this  beverage  as  heartily  as  those  of  Teu- 
tonic extraction.  But  as  the  drink  is  decidedly,  and  by 
common  consent  German,  Quincy  with  almost  half  its 
population  German,  could  not  well  exist  without  a  fair 
share  of  breweries  for  the  manufacture  of  the  same. — 
We  have  these  then  in  abundance,  and  all  are  model 
establishments,  one  or  two  of  them  not  being  second  to 
any  in  the  west,  in  capacity  and  fVicilitics  for  making 
beer.  In  quality  Quincy  beer  ranks  with  the  best  arti- 
cle manufactured,  and  hence  the  great  and  growing  de- 
mand from  abroad.  All  points  on  the  raih'oads  diverg- 
ing from  here,  and  also  for  a  considerable  distance  up 
and  down  the  Mississippi  obtain  their  supplies  from  our 
breweries,  and  as  far  west  as  St.  Joseph  and  Leaven- 
worth the  foaming  beverage  from  Quincy  establish- 
ments is  sold.  Each  year  witnesses  an  increase  in  the 
demand,  and  a  consequent  increase  of  the  supply.  Sev- 
eral of  our  breweries  have  been  compelled  to  add  to 
their  capacity  annually  for  several  years,  so  constantly 
has  their  trade  augmented.  The  manufacturers  in  this 
line  need  make  no  exertion  whatever  to  dispose  of  their 
beer,  as  almost  invariably   towards   the    close   of  the 


42  HISTORY   OF   QUINCY. 

season  they  are  compelled  to  husband  their  supply  in 
order  to  fill  their  orders.  This  trade  moreover  is  des- 
tined to  be  permanent,  for  the  men  engaged  in  the  bus- 
iness are  of  the  energetic  and  enterprising  type,  who 
will  not  fail  to  maintain  the  reputation  they  have 
already  established  for  the  product  of  their  breweries. 

The  following  are  the  firms  now  engaged  in  this 
branch  of  manufacture. 

Dick  Bros. ;  Eber  &  Hoering;  C.  Fischer  ;  A.  L.  Lu- 
ther ;  J.  Luther  &  Co. ;  Ruff  Bros.  &  Co.  ;  II.  Rupp. 

These  employ  an  aggregate  capital  of  $335,000,  and 
manufacture  annuallv  207,000  ke<i:s  of  beer.  One  hun- 
dred  and  seventy  hands  also  find  employment  in  these 
establishments. 


PAPER. 

One  of  the  youngest  enterprises  in  Quincy  is  tho 
manufacture  of  paper,  which  is  carried  on  successfully. 
Within  a  few  years  two  extensive  factories  have  been 
erected  at  an  enormous  expenditure  of  money,  and  fit- 
ted up  with  the  best  machinery  and  equipments  to  be 
had  in  the  country.  These  factories  have  facilities  for 
manufjxcturing  all  qualities  of  straw,  wrapping  and 
newspaper,  and  have,  in  the  short  time  they  have  been 
in  operation  built  up  a  splendid  trade.  Only  one  is  now 
in  operation,  although  the  other  is  ready  to  commence 
running  at  any  time.     In  this  trade  our  manufacturers 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY,  43 

find  it  an  easy  matter  to  compete  with  eastern  houses, 
as  they  manufacture  equally  as  good  paper,  and  can 
supply  points  at  the  west  at  more  advantageous  rates. 
The  past  year  has  not  been  an  active  one  in  this  branch, 
but  with  a  few  seasons  of  successful  work,  Our  mills  will 
establish  a  reputation  for  the  products  of  their  estab- 
lishments that  will  attract  the  trade  to  Quincy,  and 
make  it  a  leading  paj^er  mart.  There  is  every  reason 
why  it  should  be,  as  material  and  labor  are  obtained 
here  cheaper  than  at  rival  points,  and  the  facilities  for 
manufacturing  on  the  river  bank  are  such  as  to  induce 
others  to  embark  in  the  enterprise.  One  thing  alone  is 
necessary  to  make  the  manufacture  of  paper  profitable, 
and  that  is  capital  sufficient  to  run  a  mill  steadily. 

The  two  mills  now  located  here  are  model  ones  in 
every  respect,  and  are  owned  and  managed  by  men  of 
business  skill  and  enterprise.  The  firms  are  II.  A, 
Geise  &  Son,  and  Woodruff  &  Boyd.  At  present,  one 
of  these  mills  being  idle,  no  estimate  of  the  amount  of 
annual  work  done  by  them  can  be  obtained. 


44  HISTORY   or    QUINCY. 


OR     "men     of     mark"    in    QUINCY. 


A  history  of  the  bar  of  Quincy  would  form  an  inter- 
esting volume,  and  to  do  full  justice  to  the  eminent  me» 
whose  achievements  in  jurisprudence  have  shed  lustre 
«pon  that  distinguished  body,  would  be  a  work  worthy 
the  most  gifted  pen  in  the  land.  Ilere  many  of  the 
ablest  and  most  erudite  lawyers  of  Illinois  won  their 
first  laurels,  and  began  the  conflict  of  life  in  whick 
they  have  won  renown,  reflecting  credit  and  honor 
alike  upon  themselves  and  their  chosen  state. 

Pre-eminent  among  these  chieftains  of  the  bar  whose 
fame  has  become  national  stands  Hon.  O.  H.  Browning, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch.  As  early  as  1831  Mr.  Brown- 
ing left  his  native  state,  Kentucky,  and  armed  with  his 
license,  located  in  Quincy  as  a  member  of  the  bar. 
"VYith  a  clear  mind,  full  of  industry  and  energy,  he  was 
not  slow  in  merging  into  prominence,  even  among  the 
great  intellects  who  were  accustomed  to  make  the  tour 
of  this  circuit — which  then  embraced  Quincy,  Chicago, 
Galena,  &c.  His  reputation  once  established,  a  lucra- 
tive practice  rewarded  his  fidelity  and  industry,  and 
political  honors  sought  him. 

In  August,  1836,  he  was  elected  to  the  Senate  of  Illi- 
nois, and  served  four  years  in  that  body.  About  this 
time  Nehemiah  Bushnell,  his  present  law  partner,  ar- 
rived in  Quincy,  and  in  1837  the  law   partnership   was 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  45 

formed,  which  has  continued  32  years,  and  still  exists. 
In  1842  Mr.  Browning  was  again  elected  to  the  State 
Legislature,  serving  two  years  as  a  member  of  the 
House.  He  however  allowed  nothing  to  divert  his  at- 
tention from  his  law  practice,  but  devoted  himself 
assiduously  to  the  interests  of  his  clients.  With  the 
intermission  of  making  unsuccessful  canvasses,  as  the 
Whig  candidate  for  Congress,  Mr.  Browning,  figured 
but  little  in  the  political  arena  from  1844  to  1861. 

Upon  the  death  of  Judge  Douglas,  Governor  Yates 
selected  Mr.  Browning  as  the  fittest  person  to  succeed 
that  lamented  statesman  in  the  Senate  of  the  United 
States.  Retiring  from  the  Senate  he  opened  a  law 
office  at  the  National  Capital,  associating  himself  with 
Senator  Cowan  of  Pennsylvania.  He  continued  there 
until  1866,  when  President  Johnson  reorganizing  his 
Cabinet,  called  Mr.  Browning  to  the  responsible  posi- 
tion of  S*^cretary  of  the  Interior.  This  position  ho 
retained  until  the  close  of  Mr.  Johnson's  term,  adminis- 
terinir  its  voluminous  affairs  with  sicjnal  success.  Re- 
turning  home,  Mr.  Browning  had  determined  on  a  pe- 
riod of  retirement  and  rest,  after  the  arduous  labors  de- 
volving on  him  while  a  Cabinet  Officer,  but  his  old 
friends  and  fellow  citizens  again  made  a  requisition 
upon  his  time  and  talent  by  electing  him  a  member  of 
the  Constitutional  Convention  of  Illinois. 

Thus  briefly  we  have  noted  some  of  the  events  in  the 
life  of  one  of  the  distinguished  men  of  the  ''country. — 
Quincy  may  well  be  proud  of  so  eminent  a  citizen,  who 
having  filled  the  most  exalted  stations  in  the  gift  of 
the  State  and  Nation  retires  the  acknowledged  peer 
of  the  greatest  statesman  of  his  time. 


46  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 


THEIR    CARE    AND    EDUCATION — WOODLAND     HOME — ST. 

ALOYSIUS  ASYLUM. 


In  matters  of  public  enterprise  and  public  charit^^ 
the  citizens  of  Quincy  have  been  as  liberal  as  in  pri- 
vate affairs.  Nothing  that  has  been  introduced  to  the 
notice  of  our  citizens  that  directly  or  indirectly  prom- 
ised to  advance  the  interests  of  the  city  but  what  ban 
received  their  cordial  encouragement  and  support, 
and  in  like  manner  they  have  with  Christian  liberali- 
ty, responded  to  the  calls  of  charity. 

Every  city  that  has  attained  the  size  and  importance 
of  our  own.  finds  within  its  borders  numbers  of  young 
and  helpless  children  who,  without  parents  or  friends, 
are  obliged  to  seek  protection  and  assistance  at  the 
hands  of  the  public.  This  being  the  case,  our  citizens. 
with  a  liberality  proverbial  in  them,  several  years  ago 
turned  their  attention  to  the  cause  of  the  orphans. 


ST.  ALOYSIUS   SOCIETY. 

Something  over  eleven  years  ago  a  society  was  form- 
ed among  the  members  of  ehe  German  Catholic  Church 
in  this  city,  and  by  an  act  of  the  Legislature  it  was  in- 
corporated under  the  name  of  St.  Aloysius  Orphan 
Society.     The  society  at  once  set  to  work  with   a   zeal 


HISTORY    0¥    QUINCY.  47 

peculiar  to  the  people,  and  after  accumulating  a  largo 
fund  from  annual  picnics  and  entertainments,  two  years 
ago  began  the  erection  of  an  Asylum  devoted  to  the  or- 
]>hans  of  Quinc}'  without  regard  to  clime  or  creed. 
The  building  was  speedily  completed  and  the  society 
at  once  engaged  a  band  of  Sisters  belonging  to  the 
order  of-  Sisters  of  Notre  Dame"  to  assume  control  of 
the  same.  They  began  their  work  four  years  ago,  and 
since  that  time  have  devoted  themselves  to  the  good 
work  of  caring  for  and  educating  the  orphans  placed 
under  their  charge.  The  Asylum  is  located  on  the  cor- 
ner of  Twentieth  and  Vine  streets,  is  a  plain  but  large 
and  commodious  structure,  three  stories  high  with  a 
fine  basement,  and  has  a  lot  of  300  feet  square  surround- 
ing it.  It  contains  fourteen  rooms  wliich  are  respect- 
lively  reception  room,  parlor,  work  rooms,  play  rooms, 
refectory,  school  room,  chapel,  dormitory,  A:c. 

The  reception  room  is  neat  and  convenient, — the  par- 
lor is  large  and  airy  and  the  dormitories  are  spacious 
and  well  ventilated  and  are  furnished  with  neat  and 
comfortable  single  beds    for    the    use    of  the    orphans. 

The  work  room  is  devoted,  we  may  say,  exclusivelj' 
to  the  use  of  girls,  and  they  are  taught  here  the  use  of 
the  needle,  and  also  gain  an  fnsight  into  household  af- 
fairs. The  room  is  appropriately  furnished.  A  school 
room,  where  thej^  are  given  an  ordinary  English  educa- 
tion, is  an  other  interesting  department  of  the  asylum, 
and  here  the  orphans,  both  boys  and  girls,  are  collected 
each  day  for  intellectual  training.  The  result  is  that 
when  they  leave  the  institution,  even  though  they  have 
no  immediate  friends,  they  are  prepared  to  battle 
through  life  and  hew  out  a  destiny  for   themselves.     A 


48  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 

Bplended  refectory  is  also  a  feature  of  the  St.  Aloysius 
Asylum,  and  here  the  little  orphans  are  served  with 
plain  and  substantial  food,  prepared  by  the  good  sisters. 
That  they  are  are  amply  provided,  no  better  evidence  is 
needed  than  the  hearty  appearance  presented  by  them 
as  they  circulate  through  the  building. 

Two  dormitories  are  provided,  one  for  the  boys,  the 
other  for  the  girls.  Tiers  of  single  beds  range  through 
them,  and  as  they  are  each  surrounded  with  tidy  cur- 
tains, they  present  a  pleasant  appearance.  There  is  also 
a  Chapel  where  the  ceremonies  of  the  Catholic  church 
are  daily  held,  and  though  orphans  of  every  clime  and 
creed  are  admitted  to  the  asylum  they  are  not  obliged 
to  profess  the  Catholic  faith  to  receive  its  benefits,  yet 
they  are  required  to  attend  the  services  in  the  chapel 
each  day  in  order  that  they  may  not  interfere  with  the 
discipline  of  the  establishment. 

As  we  have  said  the  asylum  was  erected  by  the  St. 
Aloysious  Orphan  Society,  but  that  society  has  been 
aided  in  its  work  of  charity  by  the  citizens  of  Quincy 
without  regard  to  sect  or  nationality.  Every  one  of 
our  citizens  have  added  their  mite  to  the  munificent 
sum  expended  by  this  society  in  the  erection  and  main- 
tainance  of  this  institution  that  has  been  such  a  source 
of  good  in  the  community.  The  labor  of  conducting 
the  establishment  has  devolved  upon  the  Sisters  in 
charge,  who  at  present  number  seven,  under  the  supe- 
riorship  of  Sister  Mary  Ilypollita.  These  Sisters  have 
devoted  their  lives  to  the  work  of  protecting  and  edu- 
cating the  young  and  helpless,  and  are  zealously  giving 
their  time  and  talents  to  the  cause.  Whatever  may  be 
the  opinion  of  the  people  in  regard  to  the  sect  and   or- 


HISTORY    OP    QUINCY.  49 

(ler  to  which  they  belong,  the  Sisters  of  Notre  Dame 
deserve  great  praise  for  the  self-sacrificing  spirit  they 
display  in  the  cause  of  charity. 


WOODLAND  HOME. 

Although  we  have  devoted  considerable  space  and 
time  to  the  Sisters  de  Notre  Dame  and  the  Asylum  un- 
der their  control,  still  they  have  not  been  alone  in  the 
good  work,  nor  is  theirs  the  only  one  of  the  kind  in  our 
flourishing  city.  Woodland  Home  was  incorporated 
by  an  act  of  the  Legislature  of  Illinois,  on  the  1-lth  of 
Februar}',  1855. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  trustees  of  ''  Woodland  Home 
for  the  Orphans  and  Friendless,"  held  at  the  First  Con- 
gregational Church,  Quincy,  Illinois,  at  8  o'clock  p.  m., 
on  the  1st  day  of  July,  1859  : 

Present — John  Wood,  Willard  Keyes,  Frederick  Col- 
lins, Joel  Eice,  Hiram  Eogers,  Newton  Flagg,  Elijah 
Gove,  John  AYheeler,  and  Orville  H.  Browning. 

On  motion,  Hon.  John  Wood  was  called  to  the  chair, 
and  O.  II.  Browning  appointed  Secretary. 

Being  thus  organized,  a  constitution  for  the  govern- 
ment of  said  corporation  was  unanimously  adopted. 

Deciding  afterwards  to  make  the  care  of  orphans  and 
friendless  women  a  speciality,  they  changed  the  name 
in  1855,  to  the  Woodland  Home  for  Orphans  and  Friend- 
less Women. 

From  that  time  to  this,  regular  meetings  have  been 
held,  and  each  month  one  lady  has  devoted  herself  to 
the  care  and  interests  of  the  Home.     A  very   efficient 

4 


50  UlSTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

corps  of  ladies  has  maDaged  the  charities  of  the  Society.  ' 
Its  operations  have  been  carried  on  amid  great  vicisi- 
tudes  and  discouragement.  For  years  they  had  no 
building  for  a  Home,  and  boarded  their  children  in  fam- 
ilies where  kind  people  could  be  found  to  care  for  and 
look  after  the  moral  and  physical  wants  of  the  little 
ones. 

Many  times  the  hindrances  in  their  path  seemed  in- 
eurmountable,  but  a  way  was  always  made  for  their 
feet  when  the  time  came  to  go  forward.  I^ow,  after 
nearly  sixteen  years  of  arduous  labor,  they  wish  to  tes- 
tify to  the  care  of  God,  and  the  sympathy  and  aid  of 
the  community.  Though  often  brought  very  low,  the 
barrel  of  meal  was  never  quite  wasted,  and  the  garment 
has  always  been  supplied  which  was  needed  to  secure 
comfort  or  covering.  It  was,  and  still  is  the  intention 
of  the  Society,  to  erect  on  the  five  acre  lot  purchased  of 
Hon.  John  AVood  for  this  purpose,  suitable  buildings  for 
the  "Woodland  Home.  Hiram  Eogers,  Esq.,  recently 
deceased,  generously  bestowed  $5,000  to  the  Society, 
and  they  have  been  repeatedly  placed  under  obligations 
for  evidences  of  liberality  towards  the  Home. 

Unable  at  present  to  erect  such  buildings  as  they 
deemed  adequate  to  the  wants  of  the  Society  and  wor- 
thy of  Quincy,  they  purchased  in  1867  the  residence  of 
the  late  George  Brown,  situated  on  Fifth  and  Washing- 
ton streets,  at  a  cost  of  §15,500.  Here  there  is  a  large, 
commodious  and  well  ventilated  building,  with  14  rooms 
and  a  yard  200  feet  square. 

The  Society  has  at  all  times  had  more  or  less  orphans 
and  helpless  friendless  persons  under  its  control.  These 
children  are  all  educated,  and  their   moral   training   is 


HISTORY    OP   QUINCT.  51 

well  provided  for.  Each  Sabbath  they  attend  the  Con- 
gregational Sabbath  School,  and  there  are  early  imbued 
with  the  truths  of  religion. 

These  two  institutions  are  and  should  bo  the  pride  of 
our  citizens  as  they  are  living  monuments  to  our  christ- 
ian enterprise.  They  are  the  trumpets  that  speak  the 
fame  of  a  people,  who  out  of  the  abundance  of  their 
possessions  give  to  the  friendless  and  destitute  orphans, 
and  who,  in  building  hereupon  the  banks  of  the  mighty 
Mississippi  a  great  city,  have  not  forgotten  the  teach- 
ings of  religion  and  humanity. 


52  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 


OR    "MEN    OF    MARK   IN    QUINCY." 


Though  one  of  the  youngest  of  those  whose  names 
appear  in  this  work  on  account  of  their  efforts  in  be- 
half of  Quincj  and  Quincy  enterprises,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  stands  second  to  none  as  a  citizen  of  enter- 
prise, energy,  and  pub.ic  spirit. 

Maitland  Boon  was  born  in  Watertown,  Xew  York^ 
in  1834,  and  there,  after  leaving  college  began  his  ex- 
perience in  business.  He  first  entered  a  drug  house, 
and  devoted  himself  to  that  business  for  two  vears, 
when  an  opportunity  offering  he  accepted  the  position 
of  discount  clerk  in  the  Union  Bank  of  "VTatertown. — 
His  time  in  this  position  was  however  brief,  and  at  the 
expiration  of  two  years  he  was  called  by  the  manage- 
ment of  the  bank  to  the  important  and  responsible  po- 
sition of  cashier.  This  position  Mr.  Boon  filled  with 
credit  to  himself  and  profit  to  the  institution,  until 
1856,  when  he  decided  to  cast  his  fortunes  with  the 
growing  west.  It  was  in  this  year  that  he  came  to 
Quincy  and  located.  Tendered  the  position  of  cashier 
of  the  Bank  of  Quincy,  he  accepted,  and  during  his 
connection  with  the  same  managed  its  affairs  with  a 
judgment  and  ability  that  stamped  him  as  an  able  finan- 
cier. Retiring  from  the  bank,  Mr.  Boon  established 
himself  in  the  saddlery  and  harness  business,  conduct- 
ing one  of  the  most   extensive    manufactories   of  this 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  53 

kind  in  the  west.  During  the  war  he  did  a  mammoth 
business  in  the  manufacture  of  army  equipments,  filling 
large  contracts  for  the  government.  In  1865  the  oflSce 
of  mayor  of  Quincy  becoming  vacant,  Mr.  Boon,  then 
an  alderman  from  the  second  ward,  was  appointed  to 
that  position,  So  ably  did  he  fulfill  the  important  trust 
confided  to  him,  and  so  satisfactorily  discharge  its  du- 
ties that  in  the  following  spring  he  was  elected  by  an 
overwhelming  majority  to  the  mayorality.  The  last 
year  he  officiated  as  executive  of  the  city  with  even 
greater  success  than  the  first,  and  won  enthusiastic 
encomiums  from  citizens  of  both  parties  for  his  admira- 
ble management  of  city  aff'airs. 

Although  a  large  share  of  his  attention  while  mayor 
was  unavoidably  absorbed  by  city  matters,  Mr.  Boon 
did  not  during  that  period  neglect  his  own  affairs,  but 
did  an  extensive  busmess  in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of 
harness,  saddles,  &c.  Soon  after  the  expiration  of  his 
term  of  office,  Mr.  Boon,  feeling  in  common  with  many 
of  the  citizens  of  Quincy  the  necessity  of  having  in  our 
city  a  first-class  hotel,  obtained  a  lease  of  the  famous 
Quincy  House,  then  unoccupied,  and  after  furnishing  it 
in  elegant  style,  and  improving  it  in  every  department, 
opened  it  to  the  public.  For  two  years  he  has  manag- 
ed this  house  in  admirable  style,  and  won  golden  laurels 
as  a  successful  and  popular  landlord.  Although  but  35 
years,  of  age  Mr.  Boon  has  had  a  varied  career  as  a  bus- 
iness man  and  financier.  A  man  of  warm  and  generous 
impulses,  of  a  genial  and  social  nature,  Maitland  Boon  is 
also  a  man  of  untiring  energy  and  enterprise,  making 
at  once  the  valuable  citizen  and  popular  gentleman. 


54  HISTORY    OF   QUINCy. 


DISTILLERIES. 

Before  the  war  several  extensive  distilleries  were 
almost  continually  in  operation  and  turned  out  annually 
immense  quantities  of  highwines,  besides  feeding  great 
numbers  of  cattle  and  hogs.  Even  after  the  war  had 
commenced,  and  the  revenue  system  had  been  intro- 
duced, two  of  these  establishments  continued  to  operate 
night  and  day,  consuming  vast  quantities  of  corn,  and 
employing  a  large  number  of  hands.  The  operation  of 
the  revenue  system,  however,  working  disadvantageous- 
ly  to  them,  they  were  finally  compelled  to  cease  work, 
in  order  to  save  themselves.  Dishonest  manufacturers 
multiplied  so  rapidly  throughout  the  country,  and 
frauds  upon  the  revenue  were  so  extensive,  that  to 
manufacture  highwines  honestly,  and  at  the  same  time 
make  it  profitable,  was  an  impossibility.  Our  distil- 
leries, that  had  been  paying  the  government  as  high  as 
$150,000  a  month  tax,  therefore  closed.  Since  the  re- 
duction of  the  taxes  and  the  perfection  of  the  revenue 
system,  they  have  occasionally  operated  for  a  short 
time,  but  have  not  run  steadily  or  to  their  full  capacity. 
This  is  the  more  unfortunate  at  the  present  time,  as  it 
not  only  robs  our  farmers  of  a  splendid  market  for  their 
corn,  but  also  throws  a  number  of  hands  out  of  employ- 
ment. One  of  the  most  important  manufacturing  in- 
terests of  our  city  and  one  in  which  a  vast  amount  of 
capital  is  invested,  it  has  added  large  material  wealth 
to  Quincy. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  55 

Both  of  the  tirms  now  owning  distilleries  here  are 
comprised  of  solid  and  enterprising  citizens,  who  will 
not  allow  their  establishments  to  remain  idle  long, 
when  they  can  aftord  to  operate  them. 

These  firms  are:  Charles  II.  Curtis  &  Co.,  and  Cramer 
A  Brockschmidt.  Very  little  work  has  been  done  this 
year,  and  we  therefore  make  no  estimate. 


CARRIAGES. 

This  is  another  department  of  Quincy  manufactures 
in  which  the  superior  skill  and  workmanship  of  our 
mechanics  have  won  an  enviable  reputation  for  them- 
eelves  and  the  city.  It  is  but  a  few  years  ago  that 
eome  of  our  shrewdest  citizens  then  eno-ajxed  in  the 
munufacture  of  carriages,  concluded  to  retire  from  it, 
feeling  that  it  was  next  to  impossible  to  compete  in 
this  branch  with  eastern  cities,  where  the  work  had 
been,  through  long  years  of  experience,  brought  to  a 
high  degree  of  perfection.  Notwithstanding  this,  other 
indomitable  spirits  engaged  in  the  enterprise,  and  fol- 
lowed it  through  j^ears  of  experiment  aud  uncertainty 
to  the  pinnacle  of  success.  Now  it  is  one  of  the  im- 
portant branches  of  our  manufactures,  and  has  done  as 
much  as  any  one  thing  to  introduce  Quincy  favorably 
to  the  outside  world.  Wherever  carriages  bearing  the 
brand  of  our  factories  are  sold,  and  they  are  to  be  seen 
almost  everywhere  west  of  the  Mississippi,  and    in    the 


56  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

cities  and  towns  adjacent  to  it,  they  are  known  for  their 
strength,  durability  and  high  style  of  finish.  This  bus- 
iness has  now  become  a  marked  success  here,  and  carri- 
ages, buggies  and  vehicles  from  this  market  compete 
successfully  with  those  from  the  famous  factories  of 
'New  Haven,  Rochester,  and  Philadelphia.  A  large  bus- 
iness is  now  also  being  done  by  our  manufacturers  in 
this  line,  in  building  coaches  for  the  stage  lines  of  the 
west,  and  also  omnibusses.  In  this  particular  they  have 
achieved  splendid  success,  and  orders  have  been  receiv- 
ed from  localities  far  removed  from  us  for  vehicles  of 
this  kind.  For  enterprise  and  activity,  as  well  as 
thorough  business  skill,  our  carriage  manufacturers 
yield  the  palm  to  no  city  in  the  Union,  and  are  destin- 
ed to  build  up  an  extensive  trade  all  through  the  west. 
At  present  they  are  doing  a  large  business  and  are  kept 
actively  at  work  with  large  forces  of  mechanics.  The 
firms  now  engaged  in  this  branch  are  : — E.  M.  Miller 
&  Co. ;  Hjmes  &  Moore  ;  Grotenhoff  &  Behrens  ;  Koen- 
ig  &  Weiler. 

These  employ  93  hands,  and  turn  oat  annually  $269,- 
140  worth  of  work. 


HISTORY   OF   QUINCY.  57 


OR   "MEN    OF    MARK    IN    QUINCY 


>5 


Of  all  the  leading  men  whose  energy  and  ability  have 
been  active  in  building  up  the  flourishing  city  of  Quin- 
cy,  and  advancing  its  interests,  it  is  fair  to  say  none 
take  rank  before  the  Hon.  James  M.  Pitman. 

Born  in  the  then  territory  of  Missouri,  in  1813,  at  the 
age  of  22  he  came  to  Quincy,  and  at  once  interested 
himself  in  not  only  carving  out  his  own  success,  but 
also  in  forwarding  our  city  commercially  and  socially. 
Obtaining  an  interest  in  a  saw  mill,  he  operated  that 
for  a  time  with  decided  success,  and  in  1844  had  so 
commended  himself  to  the  voters  of  Adams  County 
that  he  was  elected  Sheriff.  So  admirably  did  ho  per- 
form the  duties  of  the  office  the  first  two  years  that  he 
was  chosen  by  his  constituents  for  a  second  term,  and 
continued  in  the  responsible  position  until  1848.  On 
retirinir  from  the  office,  he  embarked  in  the  lumber  bus- 
iness.  with  Amos  Green,  Esq.,  as  a  j)artner.  Success 
attended  the  firm,  and  in  its  career  both  members  accu- 
mulated wealth  with  comparative  rapidity. 

In  1850  Mr.  Pitman  was  elected  as  a  representative 
to  the  Legislature,  and  in  1852  was  returned  to  that 
body.  While  there  he  devoted  himself  assiduously  to 
the  interests  of  Quincy  and  Adams  County,  ^and  by  his 


5fi  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 

industry  secured  much  legislation  that  has  been  of  vast 
advantage  to  Quincy.  Among  other  items  he  obtained 
a  charter  for  a  Gas  Company,  a  Mississippi  Eiver  Bridge 
Company,  and  also  the  charter  under  which  the  great 
Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  Eailroad  was  built. 

Scarcely  had  his  labors  in  the  councils  of  the  State 
ended  when  he  was  called  to  the  mayoralty  of  Quincy 
in  185-4.  Managing  the  affairs  of  the  city  with  the 
eame  skill  and  success  that  had  characterized  his  own 
private  matters,  he  was  re-elected  in  1855,  and  retired 
with  an  enviable  reputation  for  integrity  and  ability  as 
an  executive  officer.  Only  a  short  period  of  relaxation 
followed  his  retirement  from  the  municipal  government 
of  Quincy,  when  other  responsibilities  devolved  on  him. 
In  1858  he  was  elected  by  the  Legislature  warden  of 
the  State  Penitentiary.  His  success  in  this  trying 
position,  was  if  anything  more  marked  than  in  any  of 
his  preceding  offices,  and  the  State  owes  him  a  debt 
of  gratitude  for  the  valuable  services  rendered  vvhile 
managing  the  Penitentiary. 

From  the  close  of  his  term  as  warden  until  1867,  Mr. 
Pitman  mingled  little  in  politics  or  public  affairs,  but 
in  the  latter  year  his  fellow  citizens  again  elected  him 
to  the  office  of  mayor  of  Quincy,  in  the  hope  that  his 
rare  judgment  and  foresight  might  extricate  the  city 
from  the  many  embarrassments  that  were  overwhelm- 
ing it.  Devoting  himself  for  one  year  with  the  usual 
success  to  the  work  of  relieving  the  city  from  the  great 
burden  of  debt  and  taxation,  he  retired  from  the  may- 
oralty, and  at  the  same  time  from  public  life,  preferring 
the  ease  and  retirement  of  home  to  the  bustle  and  din 
of  political  strife. 


HISTORY   OF   QUINCY.  59 

Possessed  of  large  wealth,  a  man  of  genial  and  gen- 
erous traits,  enjoying  the  esteem  and  friendship  of  all 
who  know  him,  his  declining  years  are  pregnant  with 
unalloyed  pleasure,  and  the  worst  wish  that  his  fellow 
citizens  harbor  is,  that  he  may  long  continue  in  the  en- 
joj-ment  of  the  happiness  his  industry,  energy  and  abil- 
ity have  wrought  for  him. 


60  HISTORY   OF   QUINCY* 


BOILERS  AXD  SHEET  lEON  WOEKS. 

We  have  said  in  a  previous  part  of  this  work  that  in 
the  manufacture  of  all  kinds  of  machinery,  Quincy  took 
front  rank  among  western  cities,  and  as  her  boiler  and 
sheet  iron  works  are  a  part  of  this  branch  of  manufac- 
tures, we  claim  the  same  superiority  for  them.  Manag- 
ed and  superintended  by  experienced  and  skillful  me- 
chanics, all  work  from  their  establishments  is  turned 
out  in  a  style  unsurpassed  any  where.  The  most  diffi- 
cult work  known  to  the  trade,  has  been  done  success- 
fully here  within  the  past  few  years,  and  those  who 
had  been  in  the  habit  of  sending  east  for  extra  heavy 
work,  under  the  impression  that  it  could  not  be  turned 
out  in  the  west,  are  now  having  the  same  done  in  the 
most  workmanlike  and  satisfactory  manner  at  home, 
and  at  a  vast  saving  of  price  and  freight. 

The  very  best  mechanics  are  emj^loyed  in  this  line, 
and  the  most  liberal  enterprise  is  displayed  by  those 
engaged  in  the  business.  From  the  territory  west  of 
the  iVIississippi  a  constant  demand  is  made  upon  them 
for  work,  and  this  demand  increases  so  rapidly  that 
even  in  the  dull  season  now  about  closing,  they  have 
been  taxed  to  their  full  capacity  to  keep  pace  with  it. 
Moreover  each  winter  another  heavy  demand  is  made 
upon  these  establishments  by  the  steamers  that  lay  up 
here  at  the  close  of  navigation.  There  are  a  large  num- 
ber of  these,  and  all  require  more  or  less  repairing  and 
new  work,  which  they  can  have  done  here   in   a   more 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  61 

satisfactory  style  and  at  niore  reasonable  figures  than 
at  any  point  on  the  river.  The  St.  Louis  &  Keokuk 
Packet  Company,  which  owns  and  manages  a  largo 
number  of  fine  steamboats,  long  since  discovered  the 
advantages  offered  by  Quincy  in  this  respect,  and  annu- 
ally harbors  its  steamers  here  through  the  winter  to 
have  them  overhauled  and  repaired.  The  work  done 
yearly  by  this  company  alone  is  an  item  of  no  small 
importance,  and  foots  up  handsomely. 

Two  establishments  are  now  engaged  in  this  branch 
of  manufactures,  and  are  owned  and  operated  by  the 
following  firms: — John  Williams  &  Co. ;  Oerter  &  Mi- 
ch elm  an  n. 

These  firms  employ  together  85  hands,  who  turn  out 
$18,000  worth  of  work  per  month,  or  $216,000  per  year. 


[>2  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 


OR    '-MEN    OF    MARK    IN    QUINCY." 


There  is  perhaps  no  city  in  the  west  whose  leading 
citizens  so  early  began  to  shape  its  moral  course  to  an 
elevated  standing,  as  Qiiincy.  Her  early  settlers  were 
men  who  came  here  to  build  up  a  model  city,  and  with 
this  object  constantly  before  their  minds,  they  aimed 
at  the  beginning  to  place  the  moral  and  social  status  of 
our  city  at  the  highest  standard. 

To  this  commendable  work  none  have  devoted  more 
time  or  money  than  John  K.  VanDoorn,  and  there  are 
none  in  the  community,  but  award  him  credit  for  earn- 
est efforts  in  this  noble  cause. 

Coming  from  his  native  state,  Massachusetts,  in  1838, 
Mr.  YanDoorn,  then  twenty-four  years  of  age,  commen- 
ced the  manufacture  of  chairs  with  Mr.  Mellen,  they 
being  the  two  partners  in  the  humble  establishment 
known  as  the  "chair  factory."  Continuing  at  this  for 
some  time,  he  accumulated  funds  sufficient  to  ])urchase 
the  saw  mill  on  the  river  bank  from  E.  B.  Kimball. 
Soon  after,  he  built  a  new  mill  on  the  site  of  the  ''Kim- 
ball Mill,"  and  continued  to  operate  it  successfully,  turn- 
ing out  a  large  quantity  of  lumber  and  building  timber 
annually,  until  1858,  in  which  year  it  was  destroyed  by 
fire.  Previous  to  its  destruction,  however,  he  had  pur- 
chased an  interest  in  the  extensive  saw  mill  on  the  bay, 
and  became  a  partner  in  the  same  with  James  Arthur, 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  Go 

Esq.  About  this  time  a'so,  he  established  hirnsell"  in 
the  lumber  business,  on  Hampshire  street,  and  made 
that  also  a  success. 

But  while  Mr.  VanDoorn  has  been  eneri^etic  and  act- 
ive  as  a  manufacturer  and  merchant,  and  has  achieved 
great  pecuniary  success,  he  has,  as  we  have  said,  always 
had  time  and  money  to  spare  in  behalf  of  every  enter- 
prise, promising  to  improve  or  elevate  the  moral  and 
social  status  of  Quincy. 

An  uncompromising  advocate  of  temperance,  he  hai 
been  untiring  v\  his  opposition  to  license  laws  and  tho 
sale  of  intoxicating  liquors.  His  convictions  in  this  re- 
spect are  the  same  to-day  that  first  impressed  his  mind, 
and  as  the  present  Grand  Worthy  Secretary  oftha 
Good  Templars  of  Illinois,  he  is  doing  herculean  work 
in  the  cause.  Also  the  first  outspoken  Abolitionist  in 
Quincy,  he  continued  earnestly  and  actively  to  advocate 
the  emancipation  of  the  slaves  of  the  South,  until  that 
work  was  accomplished. 

A  man  of  strong  convictions  and  determined  charac- 
ter, he  espouses  whatever  cause  he  engages  in  with  a 
vigor  and  energ}'  that  at  once  indicates  the  rectitude 
of  his  purpose.  Ever  actuated  by  principle  and  3'ield- 
ing  his  convictions  of  right  to  no  power  or  party,  but 
boldly  and  persistently  advocating  them  against  all  op- 
position, such  a  man  is  John  Iv.  YanDoorn,  one  of 
Quincy's  most  entei-prising  and  valuable  citizens. 
Through  all  his  experiences  as  a  businessman  and  lead- 
ing manufacturer,  thorough  integrity  and  honorable 
dealing  have  characterized  him,  and  now,  after  a  resi- 
dence here  of  over  30  years,  he  ranks  secoud  to  none 
in  the  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens. 


G4  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 


GAS— ITS  INTRODUCTION  INTO  QUINCY. 

OPERATIONS  OF  THE   QUINCY  GAS  LIGHT  &    COKE    COMPANY. 

Those  Avho  are  constantly  consuming  gas  will  per- 
haps be  interested  in  a  history  of  its  introduction  into 
our  city  and  the  operations  of  the  Quincy  Gas  Light 
and  Coke  Company  since  its  organization.  The  enter- 
prise of  lighting  Quincy  with  gas  and  furnishing  our 
citizens  with  this  valuable  illuminating  article,  like  all 
new  projects,  was  long  discussed  before  any  j^ositive 
action  was  taken  in  regard  to  it.  In  1853  a  company 
was  organized  and  a  contract  entered  into  by  the  cor- 
porators, John  Wood,  Lucius  Kingman,  Samuel  Holmes, 
Thos.  Redmond,  Jas.  D.  iEorgan,  Samuel  W.  Rogers, 
Thos.  C.  King,  Robert  S.  Benneson  and  William  II. 
Carlin,  with  Messrs.  A.  B.  Chambers  and  Thos.  Pratt, 
of  St.  Louis,  who,  in  consideration  of  $75,000  of  the 
capital  stock  of  the  Quincy  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Com- 
pany, agreed  to  purchase  suitable  grounds,  furnish  all 
the  materials  and  construct  works  of  sufficient  capacity 
to  manufacture  and  store  55,000  cubic  feet  of  gas  daily, 
lay  3  J  miles  of  street  mains,  provide  the  necessary  me- 
ters, and  erect  50  public  lamps.  At  the  same  time  a 
contract  for  fifty  additional  lamps,  and  in  relation  to 
extension  and  the  right  of  wa}^  in  laying  street  mains, 
was  entered  into.  On  the  first  of  December,  1856,  the 
contract  for  the  erection  of  the  works  having  been  com- 
pleted, and  Messrs.  Chambers  &  Pratt  having   purchas- 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  65 

ed  and  erected  14  more  lamps  and  furnished  mcterS; 
seven  pipes  and  other   materials  not  specified   in  the 
contract,  they  were    allowed  an  additional   65,100   in 
stock  for  extra  labor  and   material.     The   whole   stock 
of  the  company  thus  amounted  to  $80,100,  and  it  com- 
menced operating  with  one  bench  of  three  retorts,  G4 
public   lamps   and    139   private  consumers.      With  the 
growth   of  the  city  the  demand  for  gas  has  rapidly  in- 
creased, and  the  company  is  now  working  eight  bench- 
es of  three  retorts  each  to  their  full   capacity,    lighting 
334  public  lamps,  supplying  750  private  consumers,  and 
has  over  eight  and  one-half  miles  of  street   mains.     In 
1867,  a  new  gas  holder  60  by  22  feet,  with  a   capacity 
of  62,000  cubic  feet  was  completed  at  a  cost  of  621, 516,- 
58.     Since  then  the  retort  capacity  of  the  company  has 
been  doubled,  consisting  of  twelve  benches  of  three  re- 
torts each,   the  old  puri tiers  Ave  feet  six  inches  square, 
have  been  replaced  by  new  ones  ten    by  fourteen   feet, 
and  the  old  center  seal  of  six  inch  capacity  has  been  re- 
placed with  a  new  seal   of  ten  inch  capacity.     The    six 
inch  street  mains  have  been  replaced  by  ten  inch  pipe, 
and  the  change  has  added    materially  to   the   pressure 
and  flow  of  gas.     The   last    mentioned    improvements 
have  cost  the  company  $20,720.14,  most   of  the    work 
being  done  by  Quincy  mechanics. 

The  past  year,  the  company  with  commendable  en- 
terprise, have  run  an  eight  inch  pipe  from  the  ten  inch 
main  on  Hampshire  street,  along  Seventh  street  to 
Broadway,  and  continued  down  the  last  named  street 
with  a  six  inch  pipe  to  the  levee.  This  work  was  done 
to  accommodate  patrons  on  Front  street  and  the  levee, 
who  had  suffered  considerable  inconvenience   for   want 


66  HISTOllY    OF    QUINCY. 

of  a  proper  flow  of  gas,  and  while  it  cost   the    company 
§5,509,  it  added  only  one  consumer. 

The  improvements  at  the  works  this  year  have  been 
the  introduction  of  new  ten  inch  condensers  with  an 
exhauster  and  engine,  at  a  combined  cost  of  $6,610.76. 
The  old  gas  holder  was  also  repaired  at  a  cost  of  $1,153, 
and  is  to  bo  replaced  the  coming  year  by  a  new  and 
improved  one.  Other  improvements  during  the  same 
period,  including  building,  &c.,  aggregated  §1,741.10. 

The  annual  consumption  of  coal  at  the  Gas  Works  is 
77.763  bushels,  and  of  lime  2,957  bushels.  The  pay  roll 
proper  amounts  annually  to  $14,000.  This  company 
has  now  been  in  operation  thirteen  years,  and  although 
a  majority  of  the  stock  is  held  in  St.  Louis,  it  has  al- 
ways been  managed  by  Quincy  men,  who,  while  they 
have  an  interest  in  the  pecuniary  success  of  the  compa- 
ny, have  still  a  larger  interest  in  operating  it  to  the  sat- 
isfaction of  our  citizens.  Thus  while  they  have  acted 
in  good  faith  as  directors  and  managers,  they  have 
never  failed  to  add  such  improvements  as  seemed  in 
their  judgment  demanded  by  the  city  and  their  patrons. 

In  this  particular  therefore  Quincy  has  a  decided 
advantage.  The  capital  stock  now  amounts  to  $101,- 
550. 

The  enterprise  exhibited  by  the  company  the  past 
two  years  in  laying  new  street  mains  and  increasing 
its  manufacturing  capacity,  is  an  earnest  that  they  are 
determined  to  keep  pace  with  the  wants  of  the  com- 
munity, and  supply  our  citizens  with  an  article  of  gas 
not  excelled  any  where.  In  this  connection  it  is  proper 
to  state  that  there  has  been  decided  improvement. 


HISTORY    or   QLINCY.  67 

The  officers  of  the  compan3'  at  present,  are  : — J.  J). 
Morgan,  President ;  W.  H.  Corley,  Superintendent  and 
Secretary;  H.  E.  Corley,  Assistant  Secretary;  C.  M. 
Poraroy,  Treasurer ;  Directors,  J.  D.  Morgan,  W.  H. 
Corley,  C.  M.  Pomroy,  Thomas  Eedmond,  S.  \Y.  Rog- 
ers, R.  S.  Benneson,  J.  M.  Pitman,  L.  Kingman,  of 
Quincy,  and  Thomas  Pratt  of  St.  Louis. 


68  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 


OR     "MEN    OF     mark"    IN    QUINCY. 


It  is  a  well  established  fact  that  the  greatest  lever  for 
good  or  evil  in  any  country  is  the  press.  The  same  is 
true  doubtless  of  cities,  for  the  press  in  municipal  as 
well  as  national  affairs  possessess  a  power  which  if  ex- 
erted for  the  right,  is  of  vast  benefit  to  a  community. 
Nor  is  it  venturing  much  to  say  that  every  city  owes 
its  progress  in  a  large  measure  to  its  press.  Newspa- 
pers are  at  once  the  evidence  of  civilization  and  enlighten- 
ment, and  the  means  of  heralding  the  virtues  of  every 
people,  and  the  beauties  of  qyqyj  locality  to  the  world. 
But  to  wield  their  proper  influence,  and  serve  the  com- 
munity, newspapers  require  in  their  conduct  able  man- 
agement and  rare  judgment.  In  this  respect  Quincy 
was  superlatively  fortunate  in  the  acquisition  of  Henry 
y.  Sullivan,  Esq.,  one  of  its  pioneer  newspaper  man. 

Mr.  Sullivan  was  born  at  Yincennes,  Indiana,  in  1816, 
and  at  the  age  of  ten  years  moved  to  St.  Louis.  At 
sixteen  he  engaged  as  a  printer  in  the  office  of  the  St. 
Louis  Republican^  and  continued  there  for  five  years. — 
In  1836  he  came  to  Quincy,  and  two  years  later  com- 
menced the  publication  of  the  Quincy  Whig,  although 
then  only  twenty-one  years  of  age.  At  first  the  paper 
was  owned  by  a  stock  company,  but  in  a  brief  space  of 
time  Mr.  Sullivan,  associating  with  him  S.  M.  Bartlett, 


HlfeTORY    OF    QUINCY.  69 

bought  up  the  stock,  and  run  the  establishment  under 
the  firm  name  of  Bartlett  &  Sullivan.  Nehemiah  Bush- 
nell  and  Andrew  Johnson,  volunteering  their  services 
as  editors,  managed  that  department  for  eight^months, 
when  Mr.  Bartlett  assumed  the  duties  of  editor.  On 
the  death  of  Mr,  Bartlett,  in  1851,  Mr.  Sullivan  managed 
and  conducted  the  paper  alone  for  one  year,  when  he 
associated  with  him  John  T,  Morton,  and  continued 
thus  two  years.  On  the  1st  of  January,  1857,  he  com- 
menced the  publication  of  the  Daily  Bepublican,  under 
the  firm  name  of  II.  V.  Sullivan  &  Co.,  and  continued 
for  about  13  months. 

While  connected  with  the  press,  Mr.  Sullivan  was 
appointed  Eegister  of  Lands,  elected  several  times  to 
the  City  Council  of  Quincy,  and  also  to  the  Legislature 
of  Illinois;  in  all  of  which  positions  he  acquitted  him- 
self in  such  a  manner  as  to  win  the  admiration  and  re- 
tain the  confidence  of  his  fellow  citizens. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  war  Mr.  Sullivan  received  the 
appointment  of  paymaster,  and  gave  his  time  and  at- 
tion  to  the  same  while  the  strife  lasted,  when  he  return- 
ed to  Quincy. 

The  publication  of  a  newspaper  in  our  city  to-day 
may  not  be  considered  a  herculean  work,  but  in  the 
days  when  the  Quincy  Whig  began  its  existence,  the 
struggle  between  life  and  death  was  a  determined  one; 
and  had  a  less  resolute  or  less  judicious  manager  tban 
Mr.  Sullivan  undertaken  the  work,  the  probability  is 
that  it  would  have  flourished  but  briefly.  As  it  was, 
the  paper  prospered,  and  gradually  grew  strong  enough 
to  be  of  vast  use  in  building  up  the  city  that   gave   it 


70  HISTORY   OP   QUINCY. 

birth,  and  nurtured  it  into  strength.  With  Mr.  Sullivan 
as  its  manager,  it  gave  an  earnest  and  vigorous  support 
to  everj^  move  in  the  interest  of  Quincy,  and  was  in- 
strumental in  advancing  the  city  morally,  socially  and 
commercially. 

Although  Mr.  Sullivan  has  now  virtually  retired  from 
business,  he  is  still  by  no  means  on  the  decline  of  life, 
but  on  the  contrary  presents  a  hearty  and  healthy 
appearance,  and  is  an  active,  enterprising  and  public 
spirited  citizen,  whose  place  could  not  well  be  filled  in 
Quincy. 


HISTORY   OF   QUINCy.  71 


WAGONS,  PLOWS,  &o. 

Early  in  our  history,  the  manafuctiiro  of  wagons, 
plow8,  and  agricultural  implements  was  commenced, 
and  while  it  has  steadily  increased,  it  has  also  been  mark- 
ed hy  constant  improvement.  The  reputation  of  our 
establishments  in  this  line  has  long  been  first-class, 
and  while  their  wagons,  plows,  &c.  have  been  highly 
prized  at  home  for  their  strength  and  durability,  they 
have  also  been  in  demand  in  Missouri  and  regions  west  of 
the  Mississippi.  Near  Quincy  the  best  of  timber  for 
work  in  this  line  is  to  be  had,  and  with  the  excellent 
mechanics  who  are  drawn  here  by  the  inducements 
offered  in  wages  and  location,  there  could  bo  no  ques- 
tion of  success  for  those  engaged  in  the  business. — ■ 
Wherever  anything  of  this  kind  is  to  be  found,  satisfac- 
tion follows,  and  hence  the  growing  trade.  Many  of 
our  most  energetic  and  enterprising  citizens  are  engag- 
ed in  this  department,  and  have  in  the  course  of  their 
experience  accumulated  handsome  fortunes,  besides 
building  up  an  extensive  and  permanent  trade.  Some 
of  them  began  on  a  small  scale  it  is  true,  but  by  close 
attention  to  business,  and  a  liberal  display  of  enterprise, 
have  succeeded  beyond  their  own  anticipations.  Therd 
is  no  difficulty  in  selling  any  article  or  implement  turn- 
ed out  by  them,  and  they  have  consequently  flourished 
with  remarkable  success.  At  present  the  following 
firms  are  engaged  in  this  line,  and  while  several  of  these 
are  modest  concerns,  there  are  also  a  number  of  exten- 
sive manufacturers,  who  employ  each  a   largo    number 


72  HISTORY    OF    QCINCY. 

of  hands:— A\^  T.  &  E.  A.  Eogers ;  T.  Beatty;  Bolin- 
ger  &  Grii8senmeyer  ;  Brinkkoeter  &  Benhof ;  W.  Her- 
iemann  ;  G-.  Keller;  H.  Knapbeiclc;  F.  Meise ;  H.  Kol- 
kemper ;  L.  Otten  ;  T.  Otto  ;  A.  G.  Eoot ;  Schefer  & 
Ledig;  L.  Schmitt;  F.  Tafelski. 

These  firms  are  all  doing  a  handsome  business,  and 
employing  skillful  mechanics  are  almost  daily  introduc- 
ing some  new  improvement,  that  gives  them  a  further 
hold  upon  their  numerous  patrons.  This  year  these 
firms  have  turned  out  over  700  wagons,  besides  plows, 
&c.     The  capital  invested  amounts  to  $260,000. 


PLANING  MILLS. 

Quincy  now  boasts  establishments  prepared  to  turn 
oat  almost  any  article  or  implement  used  in  mechanism 
or  commerce,  and  she  is,  if  possible,  better  prepared 
with  materials  for  building  purposes.  Although  our 
city  is  built  up  almost  exclusively  of  brick,  yet  we  keep 
a  large  number  of  planing  mills  busy  supplying  doors, 
sash,  and  flooring.  They  also  manufacture  largely  for 
the  Missouri  and  western  trade,  and  are  constantly 
shipping  large  quantities  off  by  river  and  rail.  We 
have  now  in  operation  three  large  and  capacious  plan- 
ing mills,  which  are  ably  managed  by  skillful  and  ex- 
perienced business  men,  and  are  doing  handsomely.— r- 
Besides  these  which  are  immediately  in  the  city,  we  have 
still  another,  owned  and  operated  by  citizens  of  Quincy, 
but  located  on  the  west  bank  of  the  river.  This  has 
been  recently  established  by  Bradford,  McCoy  &  Co. 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  73 

These  establishments  all  turn  out  first-class  work, 
and  are  run  in  model  style.  They  are  owned  and  ope- 
rated by  the  following  firms  : — Bradford,  McCoy  &  Co.: 
Gould  &  Williams;  Schmitt,  MuUiner  &  Co.;  Menke, 
Grimm  &  Co. 

These  firms  employ  an  aggregate  force  of  116  men, 
and  manufacture  annually  $310,600  worth  of  doors,  sash, 
flooring  &c.     Capital  invested,  $180,000. 


BEICK. 

The  manufacture  of  brick  is  necessarily  carried  on 
very  extensively  in  Quinc}^,  as  the  great  majority  of 
our  buildings  are  built  of  that  material.  There  is  per- 
haps no  city  in  the  Union  where  there  is  such  a  pre- 
ponderance of  brick  over  frame  buildings — hence  the 
great  security  hero  from  fire.  At  all  our  yards  they  turn 
out  excellent  brick,  as  they  obtain  splendid  clay  for  that 
purpose  in  all  quarters,  and  have  the  very  best  chance 
for  making  them  equal  to  the  finest  brick  found  any- 
where. During  the  summer  these  yards  employ  a  large 
number  of  hands,  and  thus  are  of  a  double  benefit  to 
the  (iity.  Brick  are  sold  here  at  reasonable  rates,  and 
buildings  of  this  kind  are  built  at  a  small  increase  over 
frame  buildiuiJ-s. 

This  season  the  following  firms  have  been  engaged 
in  making  brick  : — J.  II.  Konefes;  Brinkhoff*  &  Forke  ; 
A.  J.  Casebecr ;  G.  Damhorst ;  S.  Damhorst;  F.  W. 
Freese ;  F.  Ilagerman ;  Honor  <fe  Iloltmann ;  J.  A. 
Ilummert;  J.  II.  Koch;  II.  Landwchr ;  J.  Menne ; 
C.  L.  Prante  ;  J.  II.  Sander. 

They  employ  upwards  of  300  hands,  and  sell  annual- 
ly $616,000  worth  of  brick. 


74  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 


OR    "MEN    OF    MARK*'    IN    Q  T  I  N  C  Y. 


During  the  late  war  the  patriotism  of  Qiiincy  shone 
out  with  a  luster  that  even  the  protracted  and  despe- 
rate nature  of  the  conflict  failed  to 'dim.  Many  of  her 
sons,  young  and  old,  sprang  to  the  front  at  the  first 
alarm,  and  remained  there  steadfast  in  defense  of  the 
Union,  or  fell  in  the  cause.  Of  these  none  achieved 
greater  eminence,  or  rendered  more  valuable  service, 
than  Gen.  James  D.  Morgan,  whose  record  as  a  soldier 
is  a  bright  page  in  the  history  of  the  war. 

Born  in  Boston  in  1810,  in  1831:  he  cast  his  fortunes 
with  Quincy,  and  w^orked  at  his  trade  as  a  cooper, 
Edward  Wells,  Esq.,  being  employed  in  the  same  shop. 
The  following  spring,  in  connection  with  the  last 
named  gentlemen,  he  rented  a  shop  that  stood  where 
the  jail  now  stands,  and  they  thus  commenced  the  coop- 
erate business  for  themselves.  We  next  find  him  en- 
gaged  in  the  confectionery  business  under  the  Quincy 
House.  About  this  time  his  military  experiences  be- 
gan, and  being  captain  of  a  militia  company,  he  was 
ordered  to  Hancock  county,  the  scene  of  the  Mormon 
excitement.  In  18-46  he  volunteered  for  the  war  with 
Mexico,  and  went  immediately  to  the  front,  as  captain 
of  "A"  Compan}',  1st  Reg.  I!l.  Vol.,  commanded  by  the 


HISTORY   OF   QUINCY.  75 

gallant  Hardin.  Eetuniing  to  Quincy  at  the  close  of 
the  war,  in  1847,  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  late  war, 
he  promptly  enlisted  in  a  company  then  being  raised 
here,  and,  with  a  modesty  proverbial  of  the  man,  ac- 
cepted the  position  of  orderlj^  sergeant,  though  tender- 
ed and  urged  to  accept  a  more  exalted  rank.  Proceed- 
ing to  Cairo  with  his  company,  he  was  at  once  called 
by  the  unanimous  voice  of  the  famous  10th  Eeg.  111. 
Inf,  to  the  position  of  lieutenant  colonel.  On  the  pro- 
motion of  Gen.  B.  M.  Prentiss,  its  colonel,  to  the  com- 
mand of  a  brigade.  Gen.  Morgan  was  at  once  advanced 
to  the  colonelcy.  His  regiment  soon  after  took  the 
field,  and  began  its  glorious  career  of  five  years  service, 
during  which  time  the  valor  and  endurance  of  its  men 
were  tried  on  many  an  ensanguined  field  and  weary 
march.  Bird's  Point,  New  Madrid,  Corinth,  Mission 
Ridge,  Chicamauga,  Berton's  Hill.  &c.,  are  inscribed 
upon  its  banners,  and  attest  the  determined  courage  and 
confidence  of  these  heroes,  when  led  by  their  "old  com- 
mander." At  the  last  named  place  Gen.  Morgan  was 
brevetted  major  general  for  gallant  conduct.  He  also 
participated  with  his  regiment  in  Sherman's  famous 
march  to  the  sea, and  retired  from  the  army  with  a  record 
that  will  bear  comparison  with  any  of  the  veterans, 
whose  achievements  have  inscribed  their  names  upon 
the  roll  of  honor,  and  won  the  admiration  of  the  nation. 
For  over  four  years  Gen.  ^lorgan  was  with  his  regi- 
ment all  the  time,  asking  for  no  leave  of  absence  and 
accepting  none,  but  ever  present  with  his  men,  devot- 
^A  to  their  welfare,  and  zealous  in  their  behalf  No 
commander  was  ever  more  beloved  and  idolized,  and 
none  ever  reciprocated  that  affection  more  generously 
than  he. 


76  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 

These  were  the  achievements  of  war ;  but  successful 
as  has  been  Gen.  Morgan  in  military  affairs,  his  civil 
career  has  been  not  less  marked  and  interesting.  A 
partner  for  twenty-five  years  in  the  firm  of  C.  M.  Pom- 
roy  &  Co.,  doing  an  extensive  business  in  packing  pork, 
he  also  took  an  active  interest  in  the  progress  of  the 
city,  and  has  given  generously  of  his  time  and  wealth 
to  advance  many  of  our  public  enterprises.  One  of  the 
first  to  enlist  our  citizens  in  the  project  of  introducing 
gas  into  the  city,  also  a  moving  spirit  in  building  the 
great  **  Eink,"  and  the  stately  Opera  House,  he  has 
been  no  less  active  in  behalf  of  others  of  a  more  exten- 
eive  character,  such  as  railroads,  steamboat  lines,  &c. 

A  man  of  genial  temperament,  quiet,  but  energetic 
and  confident.  Gen.  Morgan  has  no  superior  as  a  busi- 
ness man,  while  as  a  part  of  the  social  and  moral  ele- 
ment of  Quincy,  he  is  invaluable. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCTT,  77 


ST.  MARY'S  HOSPITAL. 

Hospitals  arc  perhaps  the  last  institutions  in  the 
world  that  people  in  the  course  of  their  wanderings 
would  dream  of  visiting.  There  seems  a  natural  aver- 
Bion  upon  the  part  of  humaity  to  gaze  upon  others  in 
distress  or  sickness,  or  witness  the  operation  of  ills,  to 
which  they  are  heirs.  Of  the  native  instinct  that  bids 
us  to  keep  aloof  from  the  sick  and  distressed,  w^e  are 
not  to  speak,  but,  on  the  contrary,  our  object  is  to  speak 
of  an  institution,  in  the  success  of  which  all  our  citizens 
have  an  abiding  interest,  and  which  is  a  noble  monu- 
ment to  the  cause  of  charity. 

A  little  over  two  years  ago  a  small  delegation  of  Sis- 
ters of  Charity  visited  Quincy  from  a  neighboring  city 
for  the  purpose  of  determining  the  feasibility  of  erec- 
ting here  a  hospital  where  the  sick  and  distressed  of 
every  clime  and  creed  would  find  a  home  in  their  troub- 
les, and  be  cared  for  and  nursed  by  kind  Sisters,  who, 
self-sacrificingly,  had  devoted  their  lives  to  this  charita- 
ble work.  A  brief  visit  satisfying  them  that  our  peo- 
ple, ever  generous  and  open-hearted,  were  charitably 
disposed,  they  at  once  decided  upon  erecting  hero  a 
hospital  equal  to  the  wants  of  our  flourshing  city. 
Ground  was  at  once  obtained  at  a  reasonable  price  on 
Broadway,  between  Thirteenth  and  Fourteenth  streets, 
on  the  south  side,  and  after  the  good  Sisters  of  St. 
Francis  had,  from   donations   and   collections   received 


78  HISTORY    OF    QUINCT. 

here  and  elsewhere,  accummulated  a  sum  sufficient  to 
encourage  them  in  the  success  of  their  enterprise,  thej 
at  once  began  the  erection  of  the  building. 

Plans  were  advertised  for,  and  one  best  suited  to  tht 
tastes  and  ideas  of  the  proper  committee,  was  fixed  upon 
as  the  model  for  the  building.  The  present  structure 
is  the  result  of  the  designs.  Its  exterior  appearance 
surpasses  almost  every  other  building  in  the  city,  and 
we  doubt  whether  the  State  furnishes  an  edifice  con- 
structed for  a  like  sum  that  presents  half  as  imposing 
an  appearance.  Three  stories  high  with  cut  stono 
basement  under  the  entire  building,  and  a  Mani?ard 
roof  surmounting  the  whole,  it  towers  up  grand  and 
lofty  on  Broadway,  one  of  the  most  desirable  streets  in 
the  city.  Before  describing  the  interior  we  will  state 
that  it  was  built  at  a  cost  of  $35,000,  which  considering 
the  style  and  dimensions  of  the  structure,  was  very 
cheap. 

The  interior  of  this,  like  all  institutions  of  its  kind,  is 
the  most  interesting  feature  as  we  are  thus  enabled  to 
observe  the  practical  operations  to  which  it  is  devoted. 

The  first  floor  of  the  hospital  is  divided  up  into  seven 
spacious  apartments:  the  first  of  which  that  attracts 
the  attention  of  the  visitor,  is  the  neat  and  pleasant  re- 
ception room  immediately  to  the  right  of  the  entrance; 
a  few  steps  further  on,  and  we  find  a  pair  of  comfortably 
but  not  gorgeously  furnished  parlors — a  drug  store  and 
reading  room,  also  occupy  a  portion  of  this  floor,  and 
are  each  model  departments.  Besides  these  are  rooms 
for  the  sisters,  and  a  few  apartments  for  the  sick. 

The  second  floor  is  almost  exclusively  used  for  pa- 
tients. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  79 


On  the  third  floor  the  arrangements  are  somewhat 
different  from  the  second,  owing  to  the  fact  that  it  is 
devoted  to  the  use  of  female  invalids.  In  addition 
to  the  ordinary  apartments  there  is  on  this  floor  a  large 
and  well  ventilated  room^  which  is  used  as  a  sewing  de- 
partment. 

The  fourth  floor,  which  is  under  the  Mansard  roof, 
is  a  fine  airy  story,  and  is  divided  into  wash  rooms, 
baggage  rooms,  &c.  Every  floor  has  a  neat  and  well 
arranged  bath  room,  with  all  the  modern  appliances  and 
improvements  and  water  closets. 

The  basement  contains  the  kitchen  and  dining  rooms 
and  is  also  high  and  airy.  A  furnace  for  heating  the 
entire  house  with  hot  air  is  also  located  here.  In  every 
story  and  every  department  the  hospital  is  complete, 
and  with  its  neat  and  cosv  furniture,  its  sanded  floors 
and  polished  paint  tells  of  the  industry  and  taste  of  the 
sisters  in  charge. 

Although  the  institution  is  under  the  immediate  con- 
trol of  the  Catholics,  and  has  a  chapel  for  the  use  of 
those  who  profess  that  faith,  still,  of  the  occupants  of 
the  institution  there  are  Episcopalians,  Methodists,  &c., 
and  those  professing  no  faith.  They  are  all  furnished 
with  good  moral  reading,  but  no  undue  influence  is 
brought  to  bear  upon  patients  to  convert  them  to  the 
faith  of  the  sisters  in  charge. 


80  HISTORY   OF   QUINCY 


SADDLES  AND  HAENESS. 

There  is  scarcely  a  street  in  Quincy  that  does  not 
boast  an  immense  saddle  and  harness  establishment;^ 
and  large  numbers  of  men  are  employed  here  in  this 
line  of  manufacturing.  The  goods  turned  out  are  of 
the  best  material,  and  manufactured  in  a  style  that  for 
workmanship  and  durability  is  not  to  be  excelled.  A 
large  section  of  the  west  is  supplied  from  these  estab- 
lishments, and  orders  come  here  constantly  from  the 
most  extreme  Southern  States.  During  the  war  an  ex- 
tensive business  in  the  manufacture  of  army  equip- 
ments was  carried  on  here,  and  our  colossal  factories 
and  shops  were  alive  with  employees — several  firms 
havincr  as  hii>:h  as  two  hundred  hands  at  work.  With 
the  close  of  the  war  business  again  sought  its  legitimate 
channels,  and  a  consequent  reduction  in  employees  fol- 
lowed at  all  these  establishments.  Since  then  a  fair 
trade  has  been  carried  on,  and  the  prospect  is  encour- 
aging for  a  rapid  increase  from  this  time  forward. 

At  present  the  following  firms  are  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  saddles,  harness  &c. : — S.  L.  Taylor; 
Boon  &  Tillson  ;  Campbell  Bros.;  II.  Head,  Sr.;  B.Koch 
&  Son  ;  H.  Messerschmidt ;  X.  Neumann  ;  Scheiner  & 
Kreitz  :  Smith  &  Starling;  Henry  Steinkamp;  Taylor 
&  Co.;  A.  B.  Wilhelm;  Jacob  Metz ;  T.  H.  Musser. 

These  firms  employ  180  hands,  and  do  an  annual  bus- 
iness in  manufacturing  of  $233,400. 


HISTORY    OF   QUTNCy.  81 


SJ^€M  €QJ^STQ€IS»  I^Mdt^i,y&  M.'i.yi^JS!^^ri*J^JfM, 


OR    "MEN   OP    mark"    IN   QUINOY. 


Eminent  as  Las  been  the  success  of  our  citizens  ia 
•ommerce,  finances  and  statesmanship,  it  was  reserved 
for  her  to  reach  the  acme  of  her  fame  through  th(j 
achievements  of  her  manufacturers.  While  her  exten« 
live  factories,  dusky  foundries,  and  stately  mills  havQ 
added  largely  to  our  wealth  as  a  city,  they  have  alsQ 
been  the  scenes  of  the  struggles  and  triumphs  of  many 
of  our  most  valuable  citizens. 

Prominent  among  those  who  have  devoted  them* 
selves  successfully  to  building  up  our  manufacturing  in« 
terests,  stands  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  Enoch  Com- 
•tock,  Esq. 

A  native  of  Massachusetts,  in  1837  Mr.  Comstock 
came  west,  and  located  in  Quincy,  opening  a  small  tin- 
Bhop  on  the  site  of  the  handsome  block  recently  erected 
by  I.  y.  W.  Dutcher,  Esq.  Three  hundred  dollars  com* 
prised  the  capital  with  which  he  commenced  business. 
The  spring  following,  Allen  Comstock,  a  brother,  arriv- 
ed  from  the  east,  and  together,  under  the  name  of  Com- 
stock &  Co.,  they  commenced  the  stove  and  tinwaro 
business.  Continuing  in  this  business  until  1850,  Mr» 
6 


83  HISTOKY    OF    QUINCY. 

Allen  Comstoek  embarked  in  the  enterprise  of  manufac- 
turing stoves,  opening  a  foundry,  with  Frederick  Col- 
lins, Esq.,  as  a  partner.  This  arrangement  was  how- 
ever of  short  duration — the  foundry  and  store  soon 
consolidating,  under  the  proprietorship  and  manage- 
ment of  the  original  firm  of  Comstoek  &  Co.  The  bus- 
iness was  operated  thus  until  18G0,  when  the  loss  of 
over  $30,000  by  the  revulsions  of  1857-8,  made  it  nec- 
essary to  increase  the  capital  in  order  to  operate  profit- 
ably and  successfully.  Messrs.  F.  Collins,  T.  H.  Castle, 
and  C.  H.  Winn  were  then  induced  to  take  an  interest,  and 
the  business  was  again  continued  under  the  firm  name 
of  Collins,  Comstoek  &  Co,  and  under  the  same  able 
management.  This  firm  was  dissolved  by  limitation  on 
the  1st  day  of  February,  1869.  Re-organizing  the  firm 
at  this  date,  with  Enoch  Comstoek  as  senior  member, 
it  continued  the  extensive  and  increasing  business  with 
the  same  skill  and  sagacity  that  characterized  its  pre- 
decessors ;  and  to-day,  it  is  if  possible  more  prosperous 
and  active  than  ever.  With  a  foundry  equal  in  size  to 
any  in  the  west,  and  not  surpassed  any  where  for  ac- 
commodations and  conveniences  ;  with  a  force  of  nearly 
two  hundred  hands  constantly  at  work,  and  with  a  vast 
territory  to  supply  with  the  products  of  their  establish- 
ments, we  venture  little  in  stating  that  few  firms  any- 
where have  as  brilliant  prospects  before  them  as  Com- 
Btock,  Castle  &  Co. 

During  the  last  nine  years,  their  trade  has  grown  to 
magnificent  proportions,  and  the  demands  upon  them 
have  been  so  heavy  and  constant,  that  they  have  been 
compelled  to  make  repeated  additions  to  their  foundry, 
and  enlarge  its  capacity,  until  the  present  time,  when 


HISTORY   OF    QUINCY.*  83 

we  find  the  company  prepared  to  melt  with  ease  1,800 
tons  yer  year. 

Nor  has  this  been  all  ;  while  this  company  has 
brought  success  and  wealth  to  those  who  organized  it, 
it  has  also  accomplished  much  for  Quincy.  Bringing 
here  hundreds  of  citizens,  and  affording  them  employ- 
ment at  liberal  wages,  it  has  also  been  the  means  of 
introducing  us  abroad,  and  thus  attracting  many  to 
Quincy  as  a  base  of  supplies.  Here  too  has  been  built 
up  one  of  the  great  stove  markets  of  the  country,  for 
which  we  are  indebted  to  the  energy  and  enterprise  of 
the  Messrs.  Comstock,  who  have  struggled  for  years  to 
accomplish  that  desired  consummation. 

Although  long  years  in  the  traces,  and  ever  active 
and  industrious  as  a  business  man,  still  Mr.  Comstock 
is  to-day  a  comparatively  young  man,  full  of  life  and 
energy,  and  destined  to  long  service  in  the  extensive 
business  he  has  been  so  prominent  in  building  up. — 
Genial  and  sociable,  enterprising  and  public  spirited, 
Quincy  has  no  more  estimable  and  valuable  citizen  than 
Enoch  Comstock. 


S4  History  of  quincy. 


ICE. 


The  ice  interest  of  Quincy  has  within   a   few   years 
loomed  up  into  magnificent  proportions,   absorbing  a 
large  amount  of  capital,  and  giving  employment   to   a 
large  number  of  men  every  season.     Upwards  of  twen- 
ty firms  are  now  packing  or  dealing  in  ice  at  this  point, 
and  a  commendable  degree  of  activity  is   displayed   ia 
the  business.     The  quality  of  the   ice   packed   here   is- 
equal  to  any  furnished  in  the  country.     It  is  cut   prin- 
cipally in  Quincy  Bay,  which  shoots  oif  from  the   Mis- 
sissippi, and  extends  north  about  one  mile,    where   the 
"Crystal  Springs  "  pour  their   limpid   and   translucent 
waters  into  it.     In  the  vicinity   of  these    springs   ar^ 
built  the  principal  ice  houses  of  the  city,  and  here  tho 
most  extensive  packing  is  done.     The   ice   cut   in   this 
vicinity  is  usually  from    sixteen   to   twenty   inches   ia 
thickness.     No  clearer,  purer,  or  more  solid  ice  than  ia 
taken  out  here  is  to  be  found,  and  being  packed   in    aa 
admirable  manner,  it  meets  with  a  prompt  sale  at  good 
figures.     The  amount  annually  packed   is   upwards   of 
50,000  tons  ;  and  this  business,  which  a  few  years  since 
was  monopolized  by  a  single  house,  employing  a  dozen, 
bands,  and  two  or  three  teams,  has  grown   to   colossal 
proportions,  absorbing  a  vast   amount   of  capital,  and 
employing  hundreds  of  hands  and  teams.     Much  of  tho 
ice  put  up  here  is  shipped  south   during  the   summer^ 
and  our  southern  patrons  find  it  superior  to   any   that 
reaches  them.     The   men   engaged   in   this   enterprise 
are  all  active  and  energetic,  and  are  destined   to   still 
greater  success  than  they  have  yet  achieved. 


HISTORY   OF   QUINCY.  tl 


MS^iST  SQQTm  MSQ*»  PSBSiSE^T  Wj^iq^  Ba^M^ 


OR    "MEN    OF    mark"    IN    QUINCY. 


It  is  perhaps  fortunate  for  Quiney,  that  none,  or  at 
least  but  few,  of  her  prominent  citizens  acquired  their 
wealth,  or  any  portion  of  the  same,  by  inheritance. — 
"With  scarce  an  exception,  all  those  who  have  mad* 
their  mark  in  law,  commerce,  or  finance  here,  com- 
menced the  struggle  of  life  with  energy,  industry,  and 
a  fair  share  of  ability  only,  to  guarantee  them  success 
in  the  strife  for  fortune  and  happiness. 

Of  this  class  was  Henry  Eoot,  Esq.,  now  President 
of  the  Union  Bank  of  Quiney,  one  of  our  wealthiest  and 
most  influential  citizens.  A  native  of  Canada,  at  th# 
early  age  of  twenty  he  decided  to  make  the  United 
.States  his  home,  and  came  to  Chicago  in  1836.  From 
there  he  went  to  St.  Louis,  and  to  Palmyra,  Mo.,  and  in 
1840  arrived  in  Quiney,  with  a  capital  amounting  to  a 
little  less  than  one  dollar.  Having  however  good  cred- 
it, he  at  once  embarked  in  the  mercantile  business,  sell- 
ing goods  also  at  auction.  Continuing  in  this  line  for 
a  short  period,  he  associated  with  him  James  Fisher, 
and  went  into  the  regular  mercantile  business,  un- 
der  the   firm   name  of  Hoot  &   Fisher.     Disposing   of 


86  HISTORY    OF    QUINCr. 

his  interest  in  the  firm  in  1847,  Mr.  Eoot  accepted  the  sut- 
lership  of  a  regiment  raised  for  the  United  States  army 
in  Mexico,  commanded  by  Col.  E.  W.  B.  ]^ewby, 
and  proceeded  with  it  to  Santa  Fe.  Returning  to  Quin- 
cy  in  1848,  in  1849  he  went  to  Xew  Orleans,  and  made 
a  heavy  purchase  of  sugar  and  molasses,  which  was 
shipped  up  the  river,  and  arrived  at  St.  Louis  just  in 
time  to  be  destroyed  by  the  great  fire  of  that  year. — 
Effecting  a  compromise  with  the  insurance  companies, 
by  which  he  secured  one-half  the  insurance  money,  he 
again  returned  to  Quincy,  and  resumed  the  mercantile 
business,  with  N.  T.  Lane  as  a  partner.  At  the  expi- 
ration of  two  years  he  purchased  the  interest  of  Mr. 
Lane  in  the  establishment,  and  conducted  it  alone 
through  an  uninterrupted  career  of  prosperity  until 
1865,  when  he  disposed  of  the  same  and  retired  from 
mercantile  life. 

In  1867,  Mr.  Eoot  purchased  one-sixth  interest  in  the 
Illinois  State  Penitentiary,  and  subsequently  acquired 
four-sixths  of  that  institution,  but  the  same  year  sur- 
rendered his  entire  interest  to  the  State. 

Realizing  in  common  with  many  leading  citizens  the 
necessity  for  greater  banking  facilities  in  Quincy,  in 
1869  Mr.  Root,  in  connection  with  other  capitalists  of 
our  city,  established  the  Union  Bank  of  Quincy,  of 
which  he  was  elected  President,  and  which  commenced 
operations  under  the  most  favorable  auspices  the  pres- 
ent year.  A  man  of  ripe  sagacity  and  rare  judgment, 
thoroughly  versed  in  the  finances  and  commerce  of  the 
country,  Quincy  affords  no  citizen  better  calculated  to 
manage  the  affairs  of  a  bank  with  mutual  satisfactioa 
and  profit  to  patrons  and  stockholders. 


HISTORY    OP   QUINCY.  8T 

As  a  citizen,  Mr.  Eoot  has  been  second  to  none  m 
public  spirit  and  enterprise,  and  after  a  business  career 
of  nearly  thirty  years,  he  enjoys  the  friendship  and  es- 
teem of  the  entire  community.  Pleasant  and  inviting 
in  conversation,  generous  and  genial  in  oppearance  and 
disposition,  his  social  qualities  are  as  marked  as  his  bus* 
iness  sagacity. 


68  UlSTORl'    OF    QUINCY. 


THE  RINK. 

yiNBi<T  BUILDING  OF  THE    KIND  IN  AMERICA. 

Some  eighteen  months  ago  Mr.  J.  B.  Thompson,  of  the 
firm  of  Horvoj,  Johnson  &  Co.,  patentees  and  sole  build- 
ers of  Horvey's  Patent  Skating  Rink,  arrived  in  Qiiincy, 
with  a  view  to  enlisting  our  citizens  in  the  enterprise  of 
Erecting  in  this  city  a  skating  rink,  to  exceed  in  siz© 
And  magnificence  any  similar  establishment  in  America. 
He  knew  the  reputation  of  our  citizens  for  pride,  ambi- 
tion and  energy,  and  knew  how  to  present  the  matter 
in  a  form  that  would  most  probably  secure  favorably 
consideration  from  those  who  could  provide  means  t© 
fnake  the  enterprise  a  success.  At  first  he  had  some 
difficulty  in  securing  the  earnest  attention  of  our  capit- 
alists, but  at  length  they  were  satisfied  that  the  rink 
was  an  institution  neeped  by  the  public,  and  that  it 
would  pay.  When  this  conclusion  was  arrived  at,  it 
took  no  time  at  all  to  secure  subscriptions  of  stock  to 
the  amount  of  815,000.  The  stock  holders  at  one* 
formed  a  permanent  organization  by  the  election  of 
Gen.  J.  D.  Morgan,  President,  C.  H.  Bull,  Yice  President, 
and  Thomas  T.  "Woodruff  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 
These  gentlemen,  together  with  Messrs  William  Mc- 
Fadden,  C.  E.  Whitmore,  E.  J.  Parker,  J.  B.  Thompson, 
Col.  Chas.  H.  Morton,  and  Gen.  Wm.  A.  Schmitt,  con- 
stitute the  present  Board  of  Directors.     In  the  election, 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  8t 

which  was  held  one  hundred  and  sixty  shares  were  rep- 
resented in  the  vote.  The  Board  having  appointed 
the  President  and  Messrs  Bull  and  McFadden  a  building 
committee,  they,  the  committee,  proceeded  at  once  to 
secure  a  site  for  the  building,  and  succeeded  in  leasing 
on  good  terms  the  property  on  Ninth  and  Jersey  streets, 
and  contracted  with  Messrs.  Hervey,  Johnson  &  Co.,  for 
the  erection  of  a  suitable  building.  The  work  was  com- 
menced at  once,  and  progressed  rapidly  and  steadily 
under  the  immediate  supervision  of  Mr.  J.  H.  A.  Her- 
vey, by  whom,  also,  the  very  handsome  rinks  at  St. 
Louis,  Chicago  and  Cincinnati  were  erected.  The  build- 
ing is  located  105  feet  from  the  corner  of  Jersey  street, 
and  is  two  hundred  and  forty  feet  in  length  by  eighty- 
five  in  width,  and  forty-eight  in  height.  The  floor  or 
ice  surface  is  178  by  71  feet,  giving  about  13,000  squar© 
feet  of  ice.  The  ice  bed  a  perfectly  smooth  and  level 
surface  of  blue  clay.  The  wells  on  the  ground  togeth- 
er with  the  springs  on  the  high  ground  in  the  vicinity 
of  the  rink  furnish  an  ample  supply  of  water  at  all 
times.  The  Avater  is  conveyed  from  the  springs  in 
pipes.  By  this  arrangement  they  are  able  to  flood  th& 
whole  building  with  water  at  a  few  moments  notice. 
When  the  ice  is  once  formed  it  lasts  a  long  time,  a  singU 
inch  of  ice  on  a  blue  clay  bed  furnishing  good  skating 
to  hundreds  of  persons  for  sometimes  six  weeks  at  a 
Btretch. 

The  arrangements  for  light,  ventilation,  &c.,  in  thd 
building  are  very  complete.  On  each  side  there  aro 
two  tiers  of  windows,  the  lower  tier  having  thirteen 
windows,  with  twelve  lights  in  each.  The  upper  on* 
in  the  cupola  has  the  same  number  of  windows,    with 


90  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

twenty -four  lights  in  each.  lu  the  front  are  twelve 
windows  with  twelve  lights  each,  and  four  circular 
windows,  making  in  all  twelve  hundred  panes  of  glass 
in  the  buildin^x.  When  illuminated  on  a  w^inter  nio-ht 
with  one  hundred  and  forty  jets  of  gas,  the  building 
presents  a  gay  and  most  animating  spectacle.  In  tho 
center  of  the  east  end  of  the  edifice  there  is  a  gallery 
of  appropriate  dimensions  for  the  use  of  the  musicians. 
Around  the  entire  room  is  a  promenade  seven  feet  in 
width.  Two  rows  of  seats  are  arranged  along  this  fine 
walk,  ca^^able  of  accommodating  at  least  six  hundred 
people.  The  ice  bed  is  about  three  feet  below  this, 
access  thereto  being  afforded  by  means  of  a  stairway 
at  each  corner.  The  main  apartment  is  indeed  a  grand 
room,  lofty  and  spacious,  and  with  something  of  the 
sublime  in  the  vast  and  beautiful  arched  roof,  quite  un- 
obstructed by  unsightly  beams  and  timbers,  the  vast 
space  being  spanned  only  by  a  few  iron  rods,  w^hich 
are  not  really  necessary,  but  are  put  there  to  gratify 
the  imagination  of  the  people,  and  allay  any  fears  afj 
to  the  strength  and  safety  of  the  roof 

The  principal  entrance  to  the  rink  is  on  Xinth  street, 
by  a  large  double  door.  The  entrance  hall  is  twelve 
by  eight  feet,  upon  one  side  of  the  Director's  room  and 
ticket  office  with  two  windows.  !Xext  to  that  is  the 
ladies'  parlor,  which  is  twenty-two  by  twelve  feet  ia 
size,  and  is  elegantly  furnished.  Adjoining  this  is  a 
dressing  and  wash  room,  supplied  with  all  things 
necessary  for  arranging  the  toilet.  The  gentleman's 
parlor  is  the  same  size  as  the  other. 

The  outside  of  the  building  is  covered  with  two  coat» 
of  drab  paint,  and  is  ornamented  by    a   rich    cornice. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  91 

The  roof  is  a  perfect  arch,  the  spans  supporting  it  being 
two  semi-circles,  eighty -four  feet  in  diameter. 

In  the  lower  part  of  the  sides  of  the  building  are  the 
windows  or  doors  for  ventilation  or  freezing  the  air, 
passing  through  them  under  the  promenade,  and  into 
the  main  hall  under  the  ice,  thereby  making  the  tem- 
perature the  same  in  all  parts  of  the  room. 

The  grounds  were  leased  to  the  association  for  five 
years,  at  a  rental  of  six  per  cent,  of  the  value  of  the 
ground  which  is  $35  per  foot,  with  the  privilege  of  pur- 
chasing at  these  figures  any  time  within  five  years. 

Thus  by  the  spirit  and  enterprise  of  a  number  of  our 
leading  citizens,  Quincy  secured  a  place  of  resort  for 
the  young  and  old  of  our  city,  where  the  exhilarating 
pastime  of  skating  is  indulged  with  every  security  of 
life,  and  also  with  a  management  that  provides  such 
restrictions  and  regulations  as  will  guard  the  moral 
and  social  atmosphere  surrounding  the  same.  We 
know  of  no  institution  better  calculated  to  enhance  the 
pleasures  of  life  in  Quincy  than  this,  and  therefor© 
mention  it  with  pride. 


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€MSS£^E&  ^f.  SSrd^M.  JPsm'r  Q.  M.  d^  p.  B.  m.. 


OR    "MEN    OF    mark"    IN    QUINCY. 


Quincy  is  vastly  indebted  to  her  railway  system  for 
mueli  that  she  is  and  expects  to  be.  True,  she  had  the 
grand  old  Mississippi  flowing  before  her  to  the  sea  ;  but 
this  great  artery  of  commerce,  while  it  is  invaluable  aa 
an  auxiliary  to  prosperity,  was  not  sufficient  to  advance 
our  city  with  the  rapidity  that  has  attended  its  growth. 
Our  railroads  have  without  doubt  been  the  most  po- 
tent in  forwarding  our  city  in  commerce  and  manufao 
tures,  and  we  naturally  turn  to  the  men  who  have  beem 
prominent  in  conceiving  and  constructing  them. 

Foremost  among  ^them  stands  Charles  A  Savage, 
President  of  the  Quinc}',  Missouri  &  Pacific  Eailroad. 

A  native  of  Maine,  Mr.  Savage  after  graduating  ai 
Bowdoin  College,  in  1837,  and  being  admitted  to  th# 
bar  at  Bangor,  in  1839,  came  to  Quincy  in  the  latter 
year,  being  then  2-4  years  of  age.  Admitted  to  the  bar 
here,  he  promptly  set  to  w^ork,  and  soon  after  receiv- 
ed the  appointment  of  Illinois  agent  of  the  Munn 
Illinois  Land  Comj^any,  in  which  capacity,  and  in  a 
general  land  agency,  he  continued  to  a  recent  date. 

In  the  year  1848,  the  old  State  Bank  of  Illinois  hav- 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  93 

ing  closed  up  its  business,  and  there  being  no  institution 
furnishing  banking  facilities  on  the  Mississippi  Eiver 
north  of  St.  Louis,  Mr.  Savage,  in  company  with  New- 
ton Flagg  and  I.  O.  Woodruff,  established  a  banking 
house,  and  continued  in  that  business  for  many  years. 
A  man  of  powerful  mind,  and  great  foresight,  he  early 
Baw  the  importance  of  making  Quincy  the  center  of  tho 
railroad  system  that  was  seeking  connection  with  the 
Mississippi.  One  of  the  original  movers  in  the  project 
of  building  the  Quincy  &, Toledo,  Quincy  &  Palmyra, 
and  the  Quincy  &  Chicago  railroads,  he  was  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  President  of  the  first,  Director  of  the  sec- 
ond up  to  its  consolidation  with  the  Hannibal  &  St.  Joo, 
and  for  a  long  period  treasurer  of  the  third. 

With  others  Mr.  Savage  organized  the  Meredosia 
Bridge  Company,  to  bridge  tho  Illinois  River  for  rail- 
road purposes,  and  was  president  of  that  company. — 
With  other  prominent  citizens  of  Quincy  he  also  took 
the  initiatory  steps  in  the  organization  of  the  Quincy 
Railroad  Bridge  Companies  of  Missouri  and  Illinois, 
and  was  one  of  the  first  Directors.  After  their  consol- 
idation he  was  chosen  Secretary  of  tho  Company,  and 
continued  as  such  until  the  final  completion  of  the  grand 
structure  which  now  spans  the  Mississippi  River  at  thi» 
point. 

Such  is  a  brief  record  of  tho  activity  displayed  by 
Charles  A.  Savage,  in  enterprises  that  have  now  be- 
come successful,  and  are  monuments  of  his  sagacity  and 
foresight ;  but  in  others  now  being  projected,  with  tho 
most  encouraging  prospects  of  early  completion,  he  has 
been  if  anything  more  active  and  zealous  than  in  the 
former. 


94  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

Within  the  past  two  years  he  has  filled  the  position 
of  Secretary  of  the  Quincy  &  Warsaw  Eailroad;  has 
"been  President  of  the  Quincy,  Alton  &  St.  Louis  Eail- 
way  Company,  has  acted  as  Director  of  the  Toledo,  Wa- 
bash &  Western,  and  is  now  as  we  have  said,  President 
of  the  Quincy,  Missouri  &  Pacific  Eailway. 

Moreover,  Mr.  Savage,  although  devoting  much  of 
his  time  to  enterprises  such  as  the  above,  has  been  sec- 
ond to  none  in  his  zeal  for  the  moral  and  social  advance- 
ment of  Quincy.  A  christian  gentleman  of  the  noblest 
type,  he  has  munificently  aided  the  charitable,  educa- 
tional and  religious  institutions  of  our  city,  and  has  at 
all  times  been  the  friend  of  science  and  art. 

Of  pleasant  and  affable  address,  of  rare  judgment  and 
thorough  business  qualifications,  a  deep  thinker  and 
sagacious  observer,  he  wields  a  large  influence  with 
the  leading  men  of  Quincy,  and  is  admired  and  esteem- 
ed by  all  who  know  him. 


UISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  95 


AGEICULTUEAL  IMPLEMENTS. 


Where  such  an  exlcDt  of  rare  farming  land  is  to  bo 
found,  the  manufacture  of  agricultural  implements  and 
machines,  ought  certainly  to  meet  with  success,  and  b© 
carried  forward  on  a  large  scale.  We  regret  to  admit 
that  in  this  respect  Quincy  has  not  developed  her  ener- 
gies as  rapidly  as  in  other  departments  of  manufactures. 
True,  those  engaged  in  this  branch  are  among  the  most 
enterprising  and  active  of  our  manufacturers,  but  there 
are  not  enough  of  them  to  give  our  city  eminence  as  a 
manufacturing  mart  for  agricultural  machines  and  im- 
plements. Whatever  is  undertaken  here  is  energetic- 
ally carried  on,  and  those  who  have  embarked  in  this 
branch  of  manufactures  have  been  successful  beyond 
their  most  sanguine  anticipations. 

We  have  now  three  firms  engaged  in  turning  out 
work  in  this  line,  and  they  find  little  difficulty  in  com- 
peting with  other  localities.  They  employ  annually  a 
large  number  of  hands,  pay  liberal  wages,  and  turn  out 
work  that  for  finish,  durability  and  use  are  not  excelled 
an^'where. 

These  firms  are  Joshua  S.  Wood  &  Co.  ]  A7.  T.  &  E. 
A.  Eogcrs  ;  and  Battell  &  Collins. 

The  two  latter  firms  do  an  extensive  business  in  the 
manufacture  and  sale  of  nil  kinds^of  plows,  and  are  busy 
the  year  round  filling  orders. 


96  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 

The  firm  of  Joshua  S.  Wood  &  Co.  is  engaged  in  a 
•pecialty  ;  manufacturing  only  the  celebrated  Vandiver 
Corn  Planter.  .In  this  they  have  been  vastly  success^ 
ful.  Commencing  work  in  1865,  their  sales  in  that  year 
amounted  to  only  550.  In  1866  they  increased  to  800, 
in  1867  to  1,100,  and  the  present  year  it  will  require 
©ver  2000  to  fill  their  orders. 

This  firm  employs  a  capital  of  $50,000,  and  works  80^ 
bands. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  97 


MQ^.  C.  ^.  Wdi^ME,y\ 


OR     "MEN     OF    MARK       IN    QUTNOY. 


The  bar  of  Adams  County,  it  is  well  known,  lias  been 
prolific  of  great  legal  minds  :  but  of  all  the  gifted  and 
erudite  lawyers  who  have  been  prominent  in  our  court?, 
none  have  been  more  eminent  for  ability  and  versatility 
than  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Hon.  Calvin  A.  Warren  was  born  in  New  York,  in 
1807,  and  first  saw  the  light  of  day  in  a  Court  Houie, 
his  father  being  sheriff  of  the  county ;  which,  consider- 
ing the  events  since  transpiring,  and  the  ardor  with 
which  he  has  devoted  himself  to  the  law,  to  say  the 
least,  forms  a  singular  coincidence.  Receiving  a  common 
school  educatioQ,  at  an  early  age  he  entered  a  printing 
oflSce  in  the  capacit^^  of  "  devil,"  and  continued  in  that 
position  until  he  perfected  himself  in  the  art,  and  was 
rewarded  with  a  case.  Soon  after  he  obtained  employ- 
ment in  the  Spectator  office,  at  Salem,  New  York,  and 
there  for  several  months  worked  side  by  side  with 
Horace  Greely,  of  the  New  York  Tribune^  who  has 
since  won  such  fame  as  an  editor  and  politician.  While 
following  the  vocation  of  printer,  Mr.  Warren  devoted 
himself  also  assiduously  to  the  study  of  law,  and  in 
1828-9,  retiring  from  the  case,  he  j^rocceded  to  Hanip- 

7 


98  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

shire,  N.  Y.,  and  assumed  the  editorial  management  of 
the  Hampshire  Sentinel  and  Farmers'  Journal.  Here  ho 
remained  until  1830,  when  in  connection  with  his  broth- 
er, A.  Warren,  he  published  the  Palladium,  at  West 
Troy,  X.  Y.  An  uncompromising  democrat,  he  soon 
after  removed  to  Ballston  Spa,  Saratoga  County,  and 
established  another  paper  in  the  interest  of  that  party  ; 
but  the  entire  establishment  being  destroyed  by  fire, 
in  the  following  spring,  he  associated  with  one  of  the 
proprietors  of  the  Spectator,  and  established  a  paper  at 
Eelchester,  IS".  Y.  In  1833,  after  a  varied  career  in  the 
newspaper  business,  he  entered  Transylvania  Law  Uni- 
versity, at  Lexington,  Kentucky,  where  he  graduated 
with  high  honors  in  the  latter  part  of  1834.  He  receiv- 
ed his  first  diploma  the  same  year  from  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Ohio,  and  commenced  the  practice  of  law  at 
Batavia,  in  that  State,  with  Thomas  Morris,  (father  of 
Hon.  I.  X.  Morris,  of  this  city,  and  afterwards  United 
States  Senator  from  Ohio,)  as  a  partner.  Eesolving  to 
seek  a  home  further  west,  in  1836  Mr.  Warren  came  to 
this  cit}'',  and  after  practicing  law  one  year,  removed  to 
Warsaw,  where  he  remained  until  1839,  when  he  re- 
turned to  Quincy,  and  formed  a  law  partnership  with 
James  H.  Ealston,  which  continued  some  two  years. — 
Almeron  Wheat,  Esq.,  then  associated  with  the  firm, 
which  now  flourished  under  the  style  of  Ealston,  War- 
ren &  Wheat.  L'pon  the  dissolution  of  this  firm,  Mr. 
Warren  associated  with  Hon.  O.  C.  Skinner,  continuing 
with  him  until  that  gentleman  was  elected  Supreme 
Judge,  when  he  formed  a  partnership  with  George  Ed- 
monds, Jr.,  of  Hancock  County.  This  partnership  last- 
ed for  several  years,  when  Mr.    Edmonds   movino;   to 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  90 

Hancock  County,  Mr.  Warren  associated  with  Hon. 
Alexander  E.  Wheat,  his  present  partner.  An  almost 
unprecedented  career  of  success  has  attended  this  firm, 
and  they  have  been  engaged  in  most  of  the  celebrated 
cases  that  have  transpired  in  our  courts  for  a[number  of 
years. 

Eeturning  to  the  time  Col.  Warren  lived  in  Warsaw, 
we  find  that  he  owned  one-third  of  all  the  land  on  which 
that  city  now  stands  ;  also  owned  and  controlled  the 
first  hotel  and  livery  stable,  and  started  the  first  brick 
yard  there.  He  also  conducted  a  large  store,  supplying 
not  only  the  citizens  of  Warsaw  and  the  surrounding 
country,  but  also  the  Indians  for  many  miles  around, 
with  goods,  amunition,  &c.  About  this  time  he  also 
chartered  a  steamer  at  Cincinnati,  and  loading  it  with 
an  assorted  cargo,  made  a  successful  trip  around  to 
Warsaw.  Buying  a  large  farm,  he  also  managed  that, 
but  several  bad  seasons  blasted  his  hopes  in  this  line. 

In  1855  he  returned  to  Quincy  and  embarked  in 
manufacturing,  building  an  extensive  furniture  factory 
near  the  site  w^here  the  Union  Passenger  Depot  now 
stands.  Scarcely  w^as  this  completed  when  it  was  des- 
troyed by  fire,  envolving  a  loss  upon  the  owner  of  $30,- 
000.  Not  discouraged,  how^ever,  he  at  once  proceeded 
to  replace  the  building  consumed,  and  immediately 
erected  the  large  building  now  occupied  by  Harris, 
Beebe  &  Co.,  on  Fifth  and  Ohio  streets.  Here  he  re- 
sumed the  manufacture  of  furniture,  but  the  crash  of 
1857  coming  on,  the  enterprise  proved  unsuccessful. 

Thus  have  we  noted  many  of  the  events  in  the  career 
of  Calvin  A.  Warren,  as  an  editor,   merchant,    farmer, 


100  HISTORY   OF   QUINCY. 

and  manufacturer.  His  achievements  as  a  lawyer  have 
however  been  more  marked,  and  this  profession  has 
been  the  crowning  success  of  his  life. 

A  man  of  versatile  talent,  quick  wit  and  shrewd 
judgment,  he  seems  molded  for  success  in  every  depart- 
ment of  law — while  the  same  rare  gifts  have  made  him 
also  a  prominent  feature  of  the  social  element  of  Quin- 
cy. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  101 


THE  QUINCY  EAILEOAD  BIUDGE. 

A    STUPENDOUS    ENTERPRISE — A    GREAT    ENGINEERINO 

TRIUMPH. 


In  view  of  the  great  and  extending  interests  of  the 
western  trade,  the  importance  of  an  uninterrupted  rail- 
way crossing  of  the  Mississippi,  which  would  overcome 
the  difficulties  of  low  water  in  summer,  and  of  the  ice 
blockade  of  winter,  was  long  appreciated  by  the  enter- 
prising city  of  Quincy.  Her  sagacious  business  men 
foresaw  the  gigantic  inter-oceanic  trade  that  seeking  an 
east  and  west  transit  on  an  unbroken  line,  would  toler- 
ate no  intermediate  department,  and  would  subject  to 
its  iron  sway  the  mountain,  the  desert,  and  the  river. 
Bising  superior  to  mere  local  views,  and  in  the  interests 
of  universal  commerce,  as  well  as  to  make  secure  their 
admirable  location  on  the  future  highway,  they  invited 
public  attention  to  the  superior  facilities  for  bridging 
the  Mississippi  at  Quincy.  As  early  as  1855,  a  charter 
for  this  purpose,  drafted  by  Col.  Samuel  Holmes,  one 
of  the  earliest  friends  of  the  measure,  and  pressed  by 
a  large  number  of  public  spirited  citizens,  was  obtained 
from  the  State  Legislature.  The  crisis  of  1857,  and  the 
absorbing  and  protracted  civil  war  which  subsequently 


102  HISTORY   OF   QUINCY. 

intervened,  prevented  however  the  prosecution  of  the 
project,  and  the  charter  was  suffered  to  expire  by  limi- 
tation. Its  old  friends  and  advocates,  prominent  among 
vv'hom  may  be  named  without  invidiousness  Ex-Gov. 
Wood,  C.  A.  Savage,  N.  Bushnell,  J.  M.  Pitman,  Col. 
S.  Holmes,  and  Thos.  Eedmond,  still  fondly  cherished 
their  enterj^rising  conception,  and  at  the  session  of 
1864-5,  Mr.  Eedmond,  at  that  time  a  representative 
from  Adams  County,  succeeded  in  procuring  a  re-enact- 
ment of  the  act  of  incorporation  from  the  Legislature 
of  Illinois.  The  sanction  of  the  National  Government 
being  deemed  of  the  utmost  importance,  the  task  of 
securing  it  was  devolved  on  Ex-Gov.  John  Wood,  the 
founder  and  patriarch  of  the  city,  to  whose  liberality 
and  public  spirit  it  owes  a  large  measure  of  its  prosper- 
ity, and  to  w^hose  national  as  well  as  local  reputation 
in  connection  with  the  history  of  Illinois  and  the  war 
for  the  Union,  his  exalted  patriotism,  sterling  integrity 
of  character,  and  tireless  energy  in  the  j^rosecution  of 
the  important  trust  committed  to  him,  Quincy  is  in- 
debted for  this  grand  and  crowning  contribution  to  her 
advancement,  his  great  influence,  and  faithful  and  per- 
severing eff'orts  having  been  chiefly  instrumental  in  ob- 
taining the  passage  of  the  requisite  act  of  Congress  in 
face  of  the  most  formidable  and  persistent  opposition 
from  rival  interests.  The  incorporators  under  the  act 
were  John  Wood,  Samuel  Holmes,  James  M.  Pitman, 
and  N.  Bushnell,  and  the  charter  thus  obtained,  of  the 
amplest  character,  granting  equal  privileges  to  all  rail- 
roads, present  or  future,  to  avail  themselves  of  any 
bridge  constructed  under  its  provisions  on  just  and  im- 
partial terms,  and  also  carefully  guarding  the  important 
interests  of  navigation. 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  103 

The  important  prc-requisitc  of  obtaining  both  State 
and  National  sanction  having  been  triumphantly  achiev- 
ed, the  next  step  was  to  secure  the  realization  of  the 
project.  To  this  end  was  invited  the  co-operation  of 
the  three  railroads  having  termini  in  Quincy — the  Chi- 
cago, Burlington  ^  Quincy,  the  Toledo,  Wabash  &  Wes- 
tern, and  the  Hannibal  &  St.  Joseph,  and  after  several 
conferences,  an  arrangement  was  happily  perfected  in 
November,  186G,  between  the  incorporators  and  the 
managers  of  the  roads  named,  under  which  a  union  of 
their  joint  energies  and  efforts  was  effected  for  the 
prosecution  of  the  great  enterprise.  Vnder  this  arrange- 
ment the  Bridge  Company  was  at  once  organized  with 
N.  Bushnell,  of  Quinc3^  James  F.  Joy,  President  of  the 
C.  B.  &  Q.  R.  E.,  Warren  Colburn,  Vice  President  T.  W. 
&  W.  11.  W.,  E.  A.  Chapin,  Gen.  Sup't  T.  W.&  W.  P,  W., 
and  John  Lathrop,  Treasurer  II.  &  St.  Jo.  R.  P.,  as  Di- 
rectors, who  at  a  subsequent  meeting  perfected  the  or- 
ganization b}'  the  appointment  of  the  following  officers  : 
Xehemiah  Bushnell,  President;  Warren  Colburn,  Vice 
President;  Charles  A.  Savage,  Secretary;  Amos  T. 
Hall,  Treasurer,  and  Newton  Flagg,  Assistant  Treasu- 
rer and  General  Agent. 

It  was  determined  by  the  Company  that  the  bridge 
they  were  organized  to  construct  should  be  a  model 
structure,  perfect,  solid,  permanent,  and  in  every  way 
worthy  of  its  important  position  on  the  great  thorough- 
fare of  the  world's  commerce.  To  this  end  the  first 
engineering  talent  of  America  was  invoked,  and  after 
due  and  careful  deliberation,  the  conception  and  execu- 
tion of  the  mighty  work  was  entrusted  to  the  following 
able  and  experienced  board  of  engineers:     Warren  Col- 


\ 


104  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

burn,  consulting  engineer;  Thomas  C.  Clarke,  chief 
engineer;  Col.  E.  D.  Mason,  first  assistant  engineer 
and  superintendent  of  construction  ;  and  George  Wol- 
cott  and  II.  II.  Ivillaly,  assistant  engineers. 

In  devising  the  plan  for  the  proposed  bridge,  several 
important  considerations  were  involved  requiring  more 
than  usual  deliberation,  and  the  employment  of  the  best 
engineering  skill.  The  river  to  be  spanned  was  broad 
and  capricious,  noted  for  the  general  swiftness  of  its 
current,  which  rose  to  impetuosity  during  high  water, 
and  when  concentered  within  its  channel  bounds  during 
the  low  stages,  for  its  immense  masses  of  floating  ice 
and  the  frequent  terriffic  disruption  of  vast  ice-gorges 
at  the  breaking  up  in  the  spring,  for  its  shifting  sanda 
and  for  its  increasing  tendency  to  abrade  and  wear 
away  its  banks.  Of  paramount  importance  moreover, 
was  the  necessity  of  paying  due  regard  to  the  interests 
of  navigation,  and  in  view  of  the  disasters  of  which 
other  bridges  on  the  river  had  been  the  prolific  cause, 
to  use  every  possible  precaution  against  similar  acci- 
cidents,  and  by  providing  ample,  easy,  and  secure  pas- 
sage way  for  the  customary  water  craft,  obviate  the 
well-founded  apprehensions  which  had  hitherto  existed 
in  the  minds  of  river  men  in  regard  to  bridging  the 
Mississippi.  To  accommodate  opposing  interests,  as 
well  as  to  overcome  natural  obstacles  and  impediments, 
in  a  spirit  of  liberality  and  enterprise  which  reflects 
favorably  on  American  railway  management,  and  is 
well  worthy  of  the  great  corporations  chiefly  interest- 
ed, and  of  the  magnitude  of  the  duty  they  had  under- 
taken, the  Bridge  Company  gave  their  engineer  corps 
a  carte  blanche  as  to  cost,  limited   only   by   the   accom- 


HISTORY    OF    QUINOY.  105 

plisliment  fully,  perfectly,  and  completely,  of  all  the  ob- 
jects to  be  attained.  With  what  abilit}',  faithfulness 
and  success  these  instructions  were  fulfilled,  and  with 
what  wise  economy  in  view  of  the  great  ends  accom- 
plished the  work  was  consummated,  the  grand  struG- 
ture  is  itself  a  noble  witness,  and  may  be  claimed  with 
just  pride  by  its  constructors,  as  the  most  perfect  and 
successful  enterprise  of  its  class  in  the  United  States. 

The  extreme  care  in  regard  to  the  river  interests  is 
evidenced  by  the  location  of  the  bridge  with  special  ref- 
erence to  the  steamboat  channel,  all  diagonalism  having 
been  avoided  and  the  most  perfect  and  complete  parallel 
to  the  flow  of  the  current  having  been  established  by 
persistent  triangulation.  The  success  in  this  respect 
has  been  marked  as  well  as  satisfactory,  as  proved  by 
the  facility  with  which  the  largest  class  of  steamboats 
have  made  the  passage  since  its  completion  over  one 
year  ago,  and,  together  with  the  faithful  compliance 
with  the  act  of  congress  in  respect  to  the  height  of 
bridge  above  the  highest  known  water,  the  spacious 
and  perfectly  manageble  draw-bridge,  the  ample  space 
between  the  more  important  piers  on  the  channel  side 
of  the  river,  and  the  extra  span  of  200  feet  on  the  east 
shore  especially  allowed  for  rafting  purposes  during 
high  water  in  compliance  with  request,  although  in- 
volving a  change  of  plan  after  the  work  was  in  prog- 
ress, proved  the  liberal  and  accommodating  spirit  of  the 
company  and  elicited  unanimous  and  unqualified  com- 
mendation from  every  class  of  the  river  trade. 

In  determining  ujion  the  important  point  of  the  site 
of  the  bridge  a  thorough  scientiffic  exploration  was 
made  of  both  banks  of  the  river  for  the  distance  of  two 


106  HISTORY   OF    QUINCY. 

miles  from  the  extreme  northern  to  the  southern  limits 
of  the  city,  which  finally  resulted  in  the  present  admir- 
able location,  the  superiority  of  which,  everything  con- 
sidered, has  been  fully  demonstrated  in  the  completion 
and  success  of  the  enterprise.  The  point  at  which  the 
great  crossing  leaves  the  Quincy  side  is  at  the  foot  of 
Spruce  street,  in  the  northwest  part  of  the  city,  where 
the  intervention  of  the  bay  and  island  divided  the  dis- 
tance to  be  overcome  into  comparatively  easy  sections, 
where  the  west  bank  presented  the  most  elevated  and 
eligible  point,  and  where  soundings  established  a  solid 
rock  bottom  in  the  channel  of  the  river  for  the  all-im- 
portant main  or  pivot  pier.  The  great  or  main  bridge, 
spanning  the  river  from  the  island  to  the  west  bank, 
is  3185  feet  in  length.  Its  superstructure  is  of  iron  of 
the  Pratt  Truss,  which  years  of  trial  has  proved  to  be 
the  best  form  for  strength,  durability  and  lightness. 
It  rests  upon  nineteen  piers  of  best  quality  of  first  class 
cut  stone  masonry.  The  foundation  of  all  the  water 
piers,  except  the  centre  or  pivot  pier,  is  of  piles  driven 
to  refusal  and  cut  off  eight  feet  below  low  water.  The 
foundation  of  the  pivot  pier  is  the  solid  rock  in  the  bed 
of  the  river.  The  foundation  of  piles  is  supported  by  a 
filling  of  concrete  to  their  top,  on  which  is  first  placed 
a  solid  platform  of  a  triple  thickness  of  twelve-inch 
timbers,  laid  diagonally  and  firmly  bolted  together,  on 
which  five  feet  below  the  lowest  known  water,  commen- 
ces the  cut  stone  masonrj^,  the  bottom  course  of  2-foot 
stone,  12  feet  in  breadth  by  40  feet  in  length,  the  second 
course  of  20-inch  stone,  some  6  inches  less  in  dimension, 
thence  battiring  of  7  feet  breadth  by  20  feet  in  length 
to  the  bridge  seat.     The  foundation  of  the   centre   pier 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  107 

consists  of  four  caissons  of  best  sheet  iron  about  forty 
feet  long  and  fourteen  feet  in  diameter,  placed  within 
cribs  and  sunk  and  scribed  to  the  rock,  35  feet  below 
low  water,  the  sand  being  dredged  out  and  the  cavity 
filled  with  concrete  to  the  top  of  caissons  and  within  8 
feet  of  low  water,  whence  the  regular  timber  and  stone 
foundation  just  described.  The  foundation  of  the  piers 
are  thoroughly  rip-rapped  beyond  possibility  of  accident 
from  any  change  in  the  bed  of  the  river  by  washing. 
The  foundation  of  pier  Xo.  1,  situated  on  the  west  bank 
of  the  river,  30  feet  from  the  water  edge,  was  formed 
by  driving  sheet  piling,  tongued  and  grooved,  20  feet 
below  surface,  enclosing  a  space  of  30x40  feet,  in  the 
excavation  of  Avhich  the  abutment  was  built.  The  op- 
posite shore  abutment,  on  the  island,  has  a  precisely 
similar  foundation.  The  distance  from  first  to  second 
pier  is  250  feet,  thence  181  feet  to  third  or  pivot  pier, 
thence  181  feet  to  pier  No.  4,  thence  250  feet  to  pier  5, 
then  two  spans  of  200  feet  to  No.  7,  thence  11  spans  of 
157  feet,  and  concluding  with  a  span  of  200  feet,  to  the 
island  on  the  east  shore. 

The  pivot  is  362  feet  in  length,  with  a  30-foot  turn- 
table operated  by  stationary  steam  power,  supported  by 
the  main  pier,  and  its  ends  when  open  rest  on  an  equi- 
distant outside  pier  above  and  below,  the  upper  one  of 
^^hich  is  protected  by  an  immense  ice-breaker.  When 
the  pivot  is  opened,  the  space  on  each  side  of  centre 
pier  is  160  feet  in  the  clear.  The  superstructure  is  15 
feet  wide,  accommodating  a  single  track  at  an  elevation 
of  32  feet  above  low  water,  and  of  12  feet  above  the 
higliest  known  water,  as  prescribed  by  the  Act  of  Con- 
gress. 


108  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 

The  main  bridge  is  connected  with  the  east  bank 
proper  by  an  embankment  across  the  island  of  600  feet 
in  length,  elevated  to  grade,  thence  by  a  trestle  bridge 
of  400  feet  across  Wood's  slough,  thence  by  500  feet 
more  embankment,  thence  over  the  bay  by  an  iron 
drawbridge  of  the  Bollman  Truss  525  feet  loug,  com- 
prising 6  spans,  and  with  foundations  and  piers  of  same 
character  as  those  in  the  river.  A  side  track  on  a  heavy 
embankment,  commencing  on  Chestnut  street  and  ex- 
tending 1800  feet  with  a  curve,  connects  the  grand 
crossing  with  the  main  track  of  the  C.  B.  &  Q.,  and  T. 
W.  &  W.  roads,  on  the  east  side,  while  a  similar  embank- 
ment of  about  three-fourths  of  a  mile,  completes  the 
grand  and  unbroken  connection  with  the  H.  &  St.  Jo. 
E.  E.  on  the  western  bank  of  the  river. 

This  gigantic  enterprise  was  completed  in  October, 
1868,  and  thus  with  the  subsequent  completion  of  the 
great  Pacific  Eailroad,  affords  an  unbroken  route  by 
rail  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific  coast ;  giving 
Quincy  advantages  and  facilities  enjoyed  by  no  interior 
city  of  the  Union. 

The  cost  of  this  grand  structure  was  as  follows : 

Main  Bridge $1,150,625 

Bay  Bridge 165,6^ 

Embankments 149,755 

Protecting  Shores 33,930 

Total, $1,500,000 

"While  many  of  our  leading  citizens  by  constant  agi- 
tation and  untiring  efforts  did  much  to  secure  to  Quin- 


HISTORY   OF   QUINCY.  109 

cy  this  great  work,  we  must  not  omit  to  award  due 
credit  to  the  management  of  the  three  great  lines  of 
railroad  centering  here,  who  disj^layed  such  liberality 
and  energy  in  its  construction,  and  thus  served  the 
double  purpose  of  advancing  their  own  interests  and 
those  of  our  flourishing  city. 


110  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY 


mm^ET  F.  J^&&EFM  m€MEm  Esq^^  'Ba^mmm^ 


OR    "MEN    OF    mark"    IN    QUINCY. 


There  are  few,  if  any  of  our  citizens,  .who  struggled 
more  persistently  or  successfuly  in  Quincy  than  Henry 
F.  Joseph  Eicker,  from  the  time  of  his  arrival  here  to 
the  present  day.  Xone  made  a  more  humble  start  in 
life,  and  none  have  achieved  greater  comparative  wealth 
and  prominence. 

Born  in  Germany,  in  1822,  he  emigrated  to  this 
country  with  his  parents  in  1839,  arriving  at  Xew  Or- 
leans in  December  of  that  year.  Eemaining  there  but 
a  few  months,  he  proceeded  to  St.  Louis,  where  he  also 
tarried  a  short  time,  and  then  continued  up  the  river 
to  Quincy.  Arriving  here  on  the  4th  day  of  March, 
1840,  he  obtained  employment  as  an  ordinaay  laborer 
from  John  Wood,  Sr.,  and  thus  assisted  his  father  to 
pay  for  two  lots  he  had  purchased  from  that  gentleman. 

We  next  find  him  clerking  in  a  grocery  store  under 
the  Quincy  House,  where  he  remained  three  years. — 
Subsequently  he  also  clerked  for  S.  &  W.  B.  Thayer, 
Chas.  Holmes,  and  Albert  Daneke,  until  1849,  when  he 
associated  with  LeopoM  Arntzen,  and  opened  a  dry 
goods  and  grocery  store.  Continuing  in  this  for  seven 
years  with  great  success,  he  accumulated   considerable 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  Ill 

means,  and  in  1857  embarked  in  the  produce  business. 
In  the  spring  of  1858  Mr.  Jvicker  was  elected  police 
magistrate,  and  re-elected  in  18G2.  About  this  time  he 
began  the  banking  and  exchange  business  on  a  small 
scale,  also  selling  passage  tickets  to  and  from  Europe. 
Shrewd  and  cautious,  every  thing  he  engaged  in  pros- 
pered, and  wealth  came  to  him  surely  and  steadily.  The 
Illinois  banks  going  down  about  this  period,  he  bought 
up  considerable  of  what  was  then  known  as  "stump 
tail"  currency,  the  transaction  paying  him  handsomely. 
Ilaving  the  confidence  of  the  entire  community,  his 
banking  business  enlarged  rapidly,  and  in  1865,  the  ne- 
cessity for  greater  facilities  induced  him  to  buyout  the 
banking  house  of  John  Wood  &  Co.,  then  located  on 
the  corner  of  Fifth  and  Maine  streets.  Soon  after,  tak- 
ing in  Bernard  II.  F.  Iloene  as  a  partner,  he  removed 
his  banking  house  to  its  present  site,  on  Hampshire 
street,  between  Fifth  and  Sixth,  where  an  almost  un- 
precedented career  of  success  has  attended  the  firm. 

Possessed  of  lariije  wealth,  wicldins:  a  vast  influence 
with  the  German  population  of  our  city,  he  has  done 
much  to  develop  the  resources  of  Quincy.  A  man  of 
scrupulous  integrity,  and  untiring  industry,  no  citizen 
retains  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the  communitv  to 
a  more  exalted  degree  than  Henry  F.Joseph  Kicker. 


112  HISTORY    OF    QUIiNCY. 


SAW  MILL. 

At  present  Quiiicy  boasts  of  but  one  saw  mill,  within 
its  corporate  limits,  but  this  one  is  a  model  in  every 
respect,  and  capable  of  supplying  a  large  quantity  of 
timber  annually  to  the  market.  This  large  mill  is  ad- 
mirably located  on  the  Bay,  and  is  owned  and  operated 
by  James  Arthur  &  Co.  This  is  one  of  the  most  enter- 
prising firms  in  the  city,  and  they  keep  their  mill  in 
active  operation,  nearly  the  entire  year,  supplying  not 
only  the  home  market,  but  shipping  also  largely  to 
points  on  the  various  railroads  diverging  from  Quincy. 
There  is  scarcely  a  kind  or  quality  of  lumber  or  timber 
known  to  the  trade  but  is  here  turned  out,  and  our 
manufacturers  in  other  departments  are  thus  enabled 
to  obtain  material  at  all  times,  and  at  the  most  reason- 
able rates.  The  present  year  Messrs.  Arthur  &  Co. 
have  emj)loyed  at  their  establishment  45  hands,  whose 
monthly  pay-roll  averaged  $2,000,  and  who  turned  out 
during  the  year  1869,  about  5,000,000  feet  of  lumber. 
$100,000  is  the  amount  of  capital  employed  in  this  en- 
terprise. 


BROOM  FACTOEY. 

One  Broom  factory  flourishes  in  our  city,  and  its 
proprietor  is  doing  an  excellent  business  in  his  line. — 
Richard  Hobart  is  the  owner. 


HISTORY    OV    QUINCY.  113 


UQ^V.  dLEXd^TPMB  m  WMSfiT, 


OR    "MEN    OF    mark"    IN    QUINOY 


Around  the  bar  of  Quincy  clusters  many  recollections 
of  the  fijreat  achievements  of  its  members,  and  th^ 
memorable  events  to  which  they  have  b-een  Avitness. 
Distinguished  for  their  marked  talent,  many  of  tho 
legal  conflicts  in  which  they  have  participated,  have 
passed  into  the  casus  celebri  of  American  jurisprudence. 
Men  of  giant  intellects,  within  the  dusky  walls  of  the 
old  court  house,  and  beside  the  pine  tables  of  less  state- 
ly edifices  in  other  sections  of  the  state,  their  acute 
reasoning  and  profound  logic  have  met  as  steel  to  steel, 
while  the  magic  eloquence  of  their  voices  has  on  many 
an  occasion  stirred  populace  and  jury  in  behalf  of  their 
clients.  Beyond  doubt,  no  body  of  men  of  equal  num- 
bers has  given  so  many  master  minds  to  the  country. 
Without  wealth  or  influence,  they  began  their  career, 
and  genial  spirits  as  they  were,  made  their  profession  a 
labor  of  love  as  well  as  necessity. 

Successful  has  have  been  many  of  these  able  men, 
none  have  achieved  a  more  deserved  fame  than  the 
gifted  and  accomplished  subject  of  thi«  pkotch. 

8 


114  HISTORY   OP   QLINCY. 

A  native  of  Xew  York,  Alexander  E.  Wheat  passed 
his  young  da3^s  on  a  farm  with  his  parents,  at  the  same 
time  receiving  a  good  education.  Early  aspiring  to  the 
law,  he  entered  an  office,  and  at  the  age  of  eighteen 
was  admitted  to  the  bar. 

Young,  ardent,  and  devoted  to  his  profession,  he 
came  to  this  city  and  threw  his  modest  shingle  to  the 
breeze.  Faithful  to  the  interests  of  his  clients,  and 
zealous  for  success,  prosperity  dawned  upon  him,  and 
he  soon  took  rank  among  the  foremost  at  the  bar.  In 
1857,  ho  was  appointed  City  Attorney,  and  in  1862, 
was  sent  to  the  Legislature  from  Adams  County,  be- 
coming a  marked  man  in  that  body,  although  one  of 
its  youngest  members.  Since  retiring  from  the  Legis- 
lature, Mr.  Wheat  has  aspired  to  no  political  honors, 
although  repeatedly  urged  by  his  friends  and  fellow 
citizens  for  exalted  positions. 

At  present  a  member  of  the  City  Council,  and  a  part- 
ner in  the  law  firm  of  Warren  &  Wheat,  he  ranks  as 
one  of  the  prominent  and  enterprising  citizens  of  Quin- 
cy,  notwishstanding  he  is  still  a  young  man.  A  pro- 
found thinker,  stout  reasoner,  and  eloquent  j^leader, 
Alexander  E.  Wheat  has  few  superiors  as  a  lawyer, 
while  in  the  social  walks  of  life,  his  unassuming  man- 
ners, ready  flow  of  language  and  genial  .qualities,  are  no 
less  marked. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  115 


FEINTING. 

Printing  is  carried  on  to  a  high  state  of  perfection  in 
our  city,  and  nothing  in  this  line  can  be  turned  out  in 
better  or  more  workmanlike  style  than  is  done  at  our 
printing  establishments.  Early  in  the  history  of  Quin- 
cy  a  spirit  of  commendable  rivalry  began  among  the 
members  of  the  craft,  and  the  result  has  been,  that  con- 
stant improvement  and  progress  has  marked  this  de- 
partment of  manufactures.  We  have  now  in  operation 
five  printing  establishments,  all  of  which  are  managed 
by  experienced  and  skillful  printers,  and  as  a  natural 
result  are  meeting  with  success.  The  finest  work 
known  to  the  trade  can  be  had  here,  and  at  rates  below 
larger  cities.  A  large  amount  of  work  is  done  annually 
by  these  houses,  not  only  for  Quincy,  but  also  for  a 
large  surrounding  country. 

The  firms  now  engaged  in  this  business  are  : — Gil- 
more  &  Skinner;  Heirs  &  Russell ;  Herald  Printing  Co.; 
Whig  Printing  Co.;  T.  M.  Rogers. 

They  do  all  kinds  of  book,  job  and  newspaper  print- 
ing, and  in  every  style  know^n  to  first  class  printing 
houses. 


HAIR  WORK. 


Two  firms  carry  on  the  manufacture  of  hair  work, 
and  are  doing  handsomely.  They  are  ;  J.  C.  Ottenstein 
and  N.  G.  Pearsons. 


116  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 


C»  M.  POMBOT^  PsBsi&B^rlST  /i^^Fio^ai,  BmjfMt 


OR     ''MEN     OF     mark"    IN    QUINCY. 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  has  had  a  largo  share  in 
promoting  the  success  of  Quincy,  and  many  institutions 
of  which  she  may  well  be  proud. 

C.  M.  Pomroy  was  born  in  Massachusetts,  from  which 
State  he  migrated  west  at  an  early  age,  and  located  at 
Cincinnati.  There  for  a  short  period  he  engaged  in 
selling  groceries,  and  in  1837  came  to  Quincy.  He  at 
once  obtained  employment  in  the  pork  house  of  Joel 
Rice,  and  continued  with  this  gentleman  until  1843, 
when  in  connection  with  Geo.  Bond  and  Jas.  D.  Morgan 
he  established  himself  in  business  as  one  of  the  firm  of 
Bond,  Morgan  &  Co.  For  twenty-four  years  this  firm 
operated  largely  in  pork,  and  the  eminent  success  with 
which  its  extensive  business  was  managed  is  a  proud 
tribute  to  the  sagacity  and  ability  of  its  members.  He 
was  among  other  prominent  citizens  active  in  founding 
the  Quincy  Savings  Bank,  now  the  First  ]S"ational  Bank 
— and  it  is  but  just  to  say  that  for  the  unprecedented 
success  that  has  attended  the  career  of  that  institution, 
it  is  largely  indebted  to  the  prudence,  judgment,  and 
financial  skill  of  C.  M.  Pomroy.  One  of  its  first  Direct- 
ors, he  has  followed  its  fortunes  through  every  stage  of 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  117 

its  existence,  having  filled  nearly  every  position  within 
the  gift  of  the  Board,  and  to-day,  as  its  efficient  and 
able  President,  he  can  in  common  with  all  those  who 
have  been  instrumental  in  making  this  institution  a 
success,  look  back  with  pride  to  the  career  of  usefulness 
through  which  it  has  passed,  to  its  present  pre-eminent 
position  among  the  financial  institutions  of  Quincy. 

While  Mr.  Pomroy  has  thus  contributed  largely  to 
the  success  of  every  firm  and  corporation  with  which 
he  has  been  immediately  connected,  he  has  not  been 
less  active  or  efficient  in  promoting  enterprises  of  a 
public  character.  Active  and  untiring  in  business,  in 
social  life  he  is  warm,  pleasant  and  genial,  and  few  of 
Quincy's  citizens  carry  with  them  as  large  a  share  of 
public  esteem  for  great  and  generous  qualities  as  C.  M, 
Pomroy. 


118  HISTORY   OF   QUINCY. 

POEK  PACKIXG. 

In  the  matter  of  pork  packing,  Quiney  has  been  for 
various  reasons  retrograding  for  several  years  past. — 
True,  there  has  been  a  decided  falling  off  in  the  number 
of  hogs  raised  during  the  same  time  ;  but  this  of  itself 
would  not  have  caused  so  vast  a  discrepancy  between 
the  amount  packed  this  season,  and  seasons  of  packing 
five  or  six  years  ago.  The  great  reason  undoubtedly 
is  to  be  found  in  the  direct  railroad  connection  many 
localities  now  have  with  Chicago  and  St.  Louis,  that 
were  formerly  tributary  to  Quiney.  Both  those  cities 
being  leading  pork  markets,  it  is  not  strange  that  with 
equal  railroad  and  transporting  facilities  they  have  suc- 
ceeded in  diverting  a  portion  of  our  trade  in  this  line. 
But  while  this  has  been  the  case,  we  have  been  recom- 
pensed doubly  for  our  loss  in  this  particular  by  the 
marked  increase  in  our  jobbing  trade  and  manufactures. 

This  season,  considering  that  money  is  light  every- 
where, and  pork  extremely  high,  our  packers  have  done 
remarkably  well,  displaying  more  or  less  activity  about 
their  establishments  all  the  time.  Thus  far  in  the  sea- 
son they  have  packed  about  25,000  head  of  hogs,  but  as 
the  yield  is  light  everywhere  this  year,  it  cannot  be 
taken  as  an  average  winter's  work. 

The  following  firms  are  engaged  in  packing  this  sea- 
son : — A.J.  F.  Prevost ;  Adams,  Sawyer  &  Co.;  G. 
Kathman  &  Co. ;  C.  A.  Yanden  Boom  &  Co.:  H.  Witte, 
and  J.  Q.  Adams  &  Co. 

These  firms  have  all  extensive  packing  houses  and 
are  prepared  to  do  a  large  business  in  this  line. 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  119 


GEQEQE  ^D^MS,  E8(t.,  PQsm  FdcmsB» 


OR    "MEN    OF    mark"    IN    QUINCY. 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  lias  not  only  at  all  times 
taken  a  decided  interest  in  the  commercial  and  social 
advancement  of  Quincy,  but  has  contributed  largely  by 
his  efforts  to  such  a  consummation. 

George  Adams  was  born  in  Maryland,  in  1814,  and 
there  served  an  apprenticeship  as  a  moulder.  Coming 
to  Quincy  in  1842,  in  connection  with  his  brother,  Jas. 
Adams,  and  Milton  E.  Worrell,  he  established  the  Quin- 
cy Foundry,  which  was  built  on  the  site  of  the  i^resent 
Chicago,  Burlington  k  Quincy  Eailroad  Depot.  He 
continued  in  this  business  until  1849,  when  the  Califor- 
nia gold  mania  spreading  to  Quincy,  Mr.  Adams,  with 
others  made  the  trip  overland  to  the  golden  shores  of 
the  Pacific.  After  three  years  experience  in  the  mines 
of  California,  Mr.  Adams  returned  to  Quincy,  and  estab- 
lished in  connection  with  James  Adams  the  firm  of  C 
&  J.  Adams,  buying  and  shipping  grain,  and  also  pack- 
ing pork  during  the  winter  season.  This  firm  was  after- 
wards changed  to  Adams,  Sawyer  &  Co.,  but  under  all 
circumstances,  and  under  whatever  name  it  has  operat- 
ed, it  has  met  with  flattering  success,  and  has  resulted 
in  large  profits   to   its   members.     This   uninterrupted 


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120  HISTORY   OF   QDINCY. 

success  is  attributable  to  the  cautious  and  able  manage- 
ment of  Mr.  Adams  and  brother,  who  at  all  times  di- 
rected the  aftairs  of  the  firm.  Mr.  Adams  is  now  the 
senior  member  of  the  firm  of  J.  Q.  Adams  &  Co.,  engag- 
ed in  the  same  line,  and  doing  an  extensive  business. 

Devoting  himself  assiduously  to  his  business  at  all 
times,  he  has  also  given  largely  of  his  time  to  forward 
public  enterprises — and  within  the  last  year  has  by  hii 
efforts  done  much  towards  the  success  of  the  Quincy, 
Missouri  &  Pacific  Eailroad,  of  which  he  is  now  one  of 
the  Directors,  and  a  most  ardent  friend. 

A  thorough  gentleman  in  every  acceptation  of  the 
term,  and  one  who  has  been  a  substantial  friend  of  thd 
religious  and  educational  institutions  of  Quincy,  Mr. 
Adams  is  the  peer  of  any  of  our  citizens,  in  the  esteem 
and  admiration  of  the  public. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  121 


RECTIFIERS. 

In  addition  to  having  hero  two  extensive  distilleries, 
we  have  also  a  number  of  rectifying  establishments, 
which  are  managed  by  experienced  and  reliable  firms. 
They  do  an  extensive  business  in  rectifying  and  purify- 
ing liquors,  and  employ  a  large  amount  of  capital  in 
the  business.  These  rectifying  establishments  are  at- 
tached to  the  wholesale  liquor  houses  of  the  citv. 
and  the  liquors  manufactured  thus  go  to  supply  the  de- 
mand from  the  city  and  also  the  adjacent  points  in  Illi- 
nois, Missouri  and  Iowa.  The  following  are  the  firms 
now  engaged  in  this  line : — 

Adamy  &  Levi ;  S.  Berger  &  Co.;  W.  Karp :  R.  \T. 
Nance  &  Co.;  John  Altmix  &  Bro.;  F.  W.  Hackmann  ; 
John  Meyer  &  Co.;  Sengen,  Willi  &  Go. 


SODA  FACTORIES. 


^^ 


Two  factories  for  the  manufacture  of  soda  are  in  op- 
eration here,  and  turn  out  a  very  excellent  quality  of 
the  same.  The  firms  are: — Durbolt  &  Co.,  and  Bos- 
chulte  &  Knauf 

In  this  business  caj>ital  is  employed  to  the  amount  of 
$18,000. 


122  HISTORY   OF   QUINCY. 


^WBQim  WMQM^&  I.  MiT€MEM£,» 


OR    "MEN    OF    mark'    IN    QUINCY. 


Thomas  J.  Mitchell,  present  Judge  of  the  County 
Court  of  Adams  County,  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
in  1831.  As  early  as  1835  his  parents  came  to  Quincy, 
and  near  here  young  Mitchell  passed  his  boyhood  on  a 
farm.  Arriving  at  maturity  he  embarked  in  merchan- 
dizing, Tvhich  he  pursued  successfully  until  the  breaking 
out  of  the  war  in  1861,  when  he  entered  the  army  as  a 
private  in  the  3d  Missouri  Cavalry.  He  was  not  des- 
tined to  remain  long  in  a  subordinate  position  however, 
and  we  soon  find  him  1st  Lieutenant,  then  Captain,  and 
finally  Major  of  his  regiment.  Possessed  in  a  large  de- 
gree of  all  those  qualities  of  head  and  heart  that  won 
all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact,  Maj.  Mitchell  in  ad- 
dition to  being  the  idol  of  his  regiment,  became  at  once 
one  of  the  most  popular  ofiicers  of  the  army.  Devoted 
to  the  cause  in  which  he  was  engaged,  he  was  ever  ac- 
tive and  faithful  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties.  With 
the  exception  of  being  captured  at  Charlotte  Bluff,  Mo., 
in  a  cavalry  charge,  he  passed  through  the  war  unharm- 
ed, and  retired  in  1865  with  an  enviable  reputation  as  a 
gallant  and  humane  officer. 

Returning  to  Quincy  the  same  year,  he  was  nominat- 


HISTORY   OF    QUINCY.  123 

^ed  by  the  Eepublican  party  for  County  Judge,  and 
although  the  county  is  strongly  democratic,  was  elected 
on  his  great  personal  popularity.  In  1869,  his  term 
having  expired,  he  was  re-nominated,  and  although 
herculean  efforts  were  made  to  defeat  him,  his  person- 
al popularity  again  triumphed,  and  he  continues  for 
another  term  of  four  years,  as  County  Judge,  in  which 
position  his  uniform  kindness,  thorough  integrity,  and 
faithful  discharge  of  duties,  have  won  for  him  the  high- 
est encomiums. 


124  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 


FUENITUEE. 

in  no  department  of  manufactures  have  Quincy  me- 
xihanics  achieved  greater  success  than  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  furniture.  For  years  we  have  manufactured 
extensive!}^  in  this  line,  and  the  furniture  turned  out  at 
our  factories  has  met  with  a  r«ady  sale  in  all  the  sur- 
rounding states.  Many  of  the  firms  now  engaged  in 
this  branch  have  been  at  it  for  a  long  period,  and  while 
they  have  made  it  pay,  they  have  also  given  universal 
satisfaction  to  their  patrons.  The  very  best  material 
for  this  kind  of  work  is  obtained  here  in  abundance^ 
and  with  a  large  force  of  excellent  mechanics,  under 
experienced  management,  is  all  that  is  necessary  to  in- 
sure success. 

The  following  firms  are  now  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  furniture : — F.  W.  Jansen  &  Son  ;  F.  Duker ; 
Elrott  &  Jochem  ;  Schutte  &  Co. ;  F.  Senger ;  and  Hen- 
ry A.  Yanden  Boom  &  Co. 

These  firms  employ  85  hands,  and  turn  out  annually 
$193,600  worth  of  furniture.  The  capital  invested 
amounts  to  383,000. 


OEGANS. 


Recently  Messrs.  Witney  &  Holmes  embarked  here  in 
the  manufacture  of  organs,  at  which  they  are  having 
decided  success.  Their  instruments  are  of  excellent 
make,  and  in  tone  and  finish  will  compare  with  those 
of  eastern  manufacture.  They  have  already  built  up 
an  extensive  trade. 


HISTORY    OP    QUINCY.  125 


mif.  STMI^VWJ^^MML,  JLBMBi^Q  Xss(^£i:^jfr» 


OR    "MEN    OF    MARK"    IN    QUINCT. 


While  much  has  been  accomplished  for  our  city  by 
the  Bhrewd  and  energetic  men  who  came  here  in  early 
days  from  the  eastern  and  middle  states,  it  must  not  be 
forgotten  that  the  foreign  element  has  contributed  vast- 
ly to  the  prosperity  and  advancement  of  Quincy. — 
German  and  Irish  citizens  have  been  not  only  active, 
but  also  prominent  in  every  department  of  art  and 
trade,  and  have  by  their  thrift  and  enterprise,  added 
wealth  and  power  to  our  city. 

Prominent  among  the  German  citizens  of  Quincy,  on 
account  of  his  thorough  business  qualifications,  and  also 
for  the  influence  he  wields,  stands  William  Steinwedell, 
Esq.,  of  the  firm  of  Bertschinger  &  Steinwedell,  leading 
hardware  and  iron  merchants.  Born  in  the  city  of 
JIanover,  Germany,  in  1827,  he  had  scarcely  passed  the 
age  of  maturity  when  he  resolved  to  cross  the  Atlantic, 
and  in  the  broad  expanse  of  the  new  world  and  the  new 
republic  battle  for  success  and  prosperity.  Arriving  in 
this  country  in  1849,  having  had  previous  experience 
in  the  hardware  business,  he  at  once  obtained  employ- 
ment in  this  line  as  a  clerk,  lie  did  not  long  content 
himself  as  the  employee  of  others,  but  in  1851  we    find 


126  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

him  established  in  the  same  trade  for  himself,  as  a 
member  of  the  same  firm  of  which  he  is  to-day  an  act- 
ive and  honorable  member.  Managed  shrewdly  and 
cautiously,  yet  with  a  liberal  degree  of  enterprise,  suc- 
cess has  attended  this  firm  from  the  outset,  and  to  it 
we  are  indebted  for  many  reforms  in  the  hardware 
trade  of  Quincy,  among  which  may  be  cited  that  of 
making  the  first  direct  importations  from  Europe  to 
our  city.  At  present  the  firm  is  doing  a  splendid  busi- 
ness, and  is  a  credit  to  Quincv. 

A  prominent  and  influential  member  of  the  Eepublican 
party,  in  1862  he  received  the  nomination  for  Mayor  of 
Quincy,  but  the  city  being  strongly  democratic  he  was 
defeated.  However,  his  aspirations  are  not  of  a  politi- 
cal but  of  a  business  and  social  character;  and  while  in 
the  former  he  has  made  his  mark  as  a  sagacious  and 
successful  merchant,  he  is  not  less  eminent  in  social  cir- 
cles for  his  rare  accomplishments  and  genial  qualities. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  127 


FEUIT  AND  TICKLE  FACTOEY. 

Within  the  past  few  years  Qiiiricy  has  spread  into 
such  metropolitan  proportions  that  a  great  many  en- 
terprises that  were  previously  uncalled  for  have  sprung 
up  in  our  midst,  and  met  with  decided  success.  Among 
these  may  be  cited  the  fruit  and  pickle  factory  started 
only  a  year  or  more  ago,  and  which  is  now  doing  busi- 
ness on  an  extensive  scale.  Fruits  and  pickles  of  all 
kinds  are  put  up  at  this  establishment  in  a  style  that  is 
not  surpassed  in  the  east;  and  the  product  of  this 
house  will  bear  comparison  with  goods  from  the  oldest 
and  most  famous  establishments  in  the  country.  A 
large  section  of  western  country  is  now  being  supplied 
by  this  firm. 


ROPE  AND  TWINE. 

Two  establishments  are  now  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  rope,  twine  &c.,  and  employ  during  the  year, 
on  an  average  some  twenty  hands.  They  are  owned 
and  conducted  by  skillful  and  industrious  mechanics, 
who  do  excellent  work  at  moderate  rates.  The  firms 
arc  : — B.  II.  Goodno  ;  J.  II.  Wavering  &  Co. 

The  capital  invested  in  this  line  amounts  to  $14,-400. 


128  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 


M.  ^^€<i^BS»  Mss&M^JifT» 


OR    "MEN    OF    MARK       IN    Q  U  I  N  C  T. 


Among  the  Hebrew  population  of  our  city  are  many 
who  have  aided  largely  in  the  development  and  prog- 
ress of  Quincy.  Many  of  our  leading  and  most  enter- 
prising business  men  come  from  their  ranks,  and  of  this 
number  is  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

M.  Jacobs,  Esq.,  was  born  in  Prussia,  in  1828,  and 
emigrated  to  America  in  1844.  He  at  once  embarked 
in  business  in  New  York,  commencing  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  hats  and  caps.  He  remained  in  New  York  but 
one  year,  w^hen  he  proceeded  to  St.  Louis,  and  there 
followed  the  same  line  of  manufacturing.  Ho  soon  gave 
this  up  and  opened  a  dry  goods  house,  which  he  con- 
ducted until  1847,  when  he  came  to  Quincy  and  opened 
a  clothing  house.  From  then  until  now  he  has  contin- 
ued successfully  in  this  department  of  trade  in  our  city, 
his  career  having  been  an  honorable  and  upright  one 
throughout.  In  1864,  the  citizens  of  the  Second  Ward 
recognizing  his  value  as  a  man,  and  appreciating  his 
integrity,  elected  Mr.  Jacobs  to  represent  them  in  the 
City  Council,  where  he  served  them  ably  and  efficiently. 

A  man  possessed  of  thorough  business  qualifications, 
and  full  of  enterprise,  Mr.  Jacobs  is  both  a  valuable  and 
influential  citizen. 


HISTORY    OF    QriNCY.  129 


EOOK  BINDERS. 

Quiiicy  boasts  at  present  three  book  binderies,  where 
experienced  and  competent  workmen  turn  out  jobs  not 
to  be'exeelled  anywhere  for  style  and  use.  One  of  these 
binderies  is  rot  to  be  excelled  in  facilities  and  arrange- 
ments  for  turning  out  work  by  any  in  the  State.  All 
work  in  this  line  for  many  miles  around  is  sent  to 
Quincy  binderies,  and  there  is  no  question  but  what 
satisfaction  follows.  The  firms  are: — Herald  Printinir 
Co.;  G.  Eberhard  ;  G.  Hermann. 


BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 

We  have  in  this  line  no  extensive  factories,  aIthou"-h 
there  is  little  doubt  but  boots  and  shoea  CQuhl  bo  manu- 
factured to  advantage  in  Quincy  on  an  extensive  scale. 
Some  forty  small  establishments,  where  from  two  to 
seven  hands  are  employed  do  remarkably  well,  and  are 
yearly  having  additions  of  new  firms  to  their  number. 

9 


130  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 


£Ql^IS  BWDDEEt  E§Q^»  MsaBI^e  JiBS(SMA^T» 


OR    "MEN    OF    MARK       IN   QUINCY. 


.  For  her  great  prestige  as  a  wholesale  market,  and 
the  vast  jobbing  trade  that  has  centered  here  in  the  past 
few  years,  Quincy  is  indebted  in  a  large  measure  to  the 
subject  of  this  sketch.  His  sagacity  and  foresight  first 
induced  our  merchants  to  branch  out  in  the  wholesale 
line,  and  his  untiring  industry  and  energy  have  been 
potent  in  sustaining  this  department  of  our  commerce, 
and  placing  it  on  a  permanent  basis. 

A  native  of  Berlin,  Prussia,  Louis  Buddee  received 
his  business  education  in  the  store  of  his  father,  one  of 
the  oldest  houses  in  Berlin,  and  subsequently  managed 
the  business  of  the  firm  for  a  period  of  ten  years.  In 
1848,  when  the  people  of  Schleswig-Holstein  called  for 
aid  to  resist  the  encroachments  upon  their  freedom  by 
the  Danes,  he,  with  a  number  of  other  young  men, 
equipped  himself,  and  responded  to  the  call.  After  sev- 
eral severe  battles,  victory  perched  upon  their  banners, 
and  he  then  removed  to  Frankfort,  where  he  compiled 
the  statistics  of  the  commerce  of  that  city,  for  the  use 
of  the  committee  on  commerce  of  the  Xational  Con- 
gress.    The  following  spring,  in  company  with  several 


HISTORY    OP    QUINCY.  131 

members  of  the  IS^ational  Congress,  he  went  to  Man- 
heim,  in  the  Grand  Duchy  of  Baden,  assisted  in  organ- 
izing a  corps  of  volunteers,  and  was  appointed  to  com- 
mand  a  battalion  of  the  revolutionary  army.  After  the 
defeat  of  the  people,  he  went  with  the  remnant  of  his 
corps  to  Switzerland,  and  from  there  started  for  New 
York,  where  he  arrived  in  October,  1849.  Proceeding 
to  St.  Louis  in  the  following  summer,  he  at  once  obtain- 
ed employment  as  commercial  traveler  for  a  wholesale 
house,  and  in  this  capacity  first  visited  Quincy.  Con- 
tinuing with  the  St.  Louis  house  several  years,  during 
that  time  he  made  a  number  of  friends  in  our  city,  and 
having  confidence  in  the  future  of  Quincy,  in  1854  he 
located  here,  purchasing  the  grocery  and  confectionery 
business  of  Emil  KuU.  Enlarging  the  business,  and 
meeting  with  decided  success,  in  1856  he  bought  the 
Mauzey  building,  on  the  north  side  of  the  Square,  and 
built  an  addition,  which  made  it  the  largest  store  edifice 
in  Quincy.  Here  he  first  commenced  the  wholesale 
business,  but  labored  under  many  disadvantages.  The 
success  of  Quincy  as  a  metropolitan  city  was  then  a 
doubtful  question  with  many  of  our  merchants  and  cit- 
izens. Keokuk  was  looming  up,  and  many  were  dis- 
posed to  look  upon  that  as  the  great  wholesale  market 
above  St.  Louis.  Not  so  with  Mr.  Buddee.  Ever  con- 
fident that  a  brilliant  future  awaited  our  city,  he  strug- 
gled on  with  herculean  strength,  determined  to  build 
here  a  wholesale  and  jobbing  mart  that  would  compete 
successfully  with  St.  Louis  and  Chicago.  lie  soon  in- 
duced country  merchants  to  come  here  for  their  sup- 
plies; but  still  there  was  a  want  of  variety  in  the 
wholesale  department,  and   there   was   a  want  of  en- 


132  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

conragement  for  those  who  sought  our  city  as  a  base 
of  supplies.  Laboring  under  these  disadvantages,  and 
•the  crisis  of  1857  coming  on,  in  1858  Mr.  Euddee  was 
forced  to  retire  from  business.  Still  confident,  however, 
of  his  ability  to  succeed  here,  in  1861  he  induced  Geo. 
and  F.  Meyer  to  embark  in  business  in  this  city,  and  in 
partnership  with  them,  started  the  first  exclusive  whole- 
sale grocery  house  in  Quincy.  Success  crowned  this 
final  effort,  and  prosperity  attended  the  firm.  In  1868 
Geo.  Meyer  retired  from  the  firm  to  visit  Europe,  and 
the  firm  now  became  Buddee  &  Meyer.  The  present 
year,  in  order  to  supply  the  great  demand  made  upon 
Quincy  for  groceries,  and  with  a  view  to  giving  it  a 
wholesale  house  worthy  so  thriving  and  prosperous  a 
city,  Messrs.  Buddee  &  Meyer  consolidated  with  W.  S. 
Warfleld,  and  under  the  firm  name  of  Buddee,  Warfield 
<fe  Meyer  opened  their  present  colossal  grocery  estab- 
lishment in  the  magnificent  new  block  recently  erected 
by  Robert  S.  Benneson,  Esq.  Here  they  have  one  of 
the  best  arranged  stores  in  the  west,  equal  in  size  and 
stock  to  any  in  Chicago  or  St.  Louis,  and  employing 
twelve  hands  and  two  teams  constantly. 

Such  has  been  the  career  of  Quincy's  pioneer  in  the 
wholesale  trade,  and  who,  after  reviewing  it,  but  will 
say  that  Mr.  Buddee  has  richly  earned  the  prosperity 
that  has  attended  him,  and  the  house  of  which  he  is  the 
worthy  head,  the  past  few  years.  Who  can  predict  the 
future  that  awaits  the  new  firm  of  Buddee,  Warfield  & 
Meyer?  All  men  of  energy,  enterprise,  and  ability,  there 
are  no  bounds  to  the  trade  that  must  flow  into  them, 
and  no  limit  to  the  extent  of  their  future  prosperity. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  133 


CO^'FECTIONEKS. 

III. the  manufacture  of  candies,  confectionery,  &c., 
four  firms  are  engaged,  and  do  an  extensive  business. 
They  give  employment  to  a  large  number  of  hands, 
and  with  the  product  of  their  establishments  supply  a 
large  region  of  country.  The  candies  and  confectionery 
from  these  establishments  are  as  pure  and  palatable  as 
any  that  is  made,  and  is^ supplied  to  the  trade  as  low  if 
not  lower  than  eastern  goods. 

The  firms  now  engaged  in  this  line  are  : — Brown 
Bros.  ;  W.  Buehrer;  Duckworth  &  Bugbee,  and  O.  W. 
Gallup.  They  manufacture  annually  about  $182,000 
worth  of  confectioneries. 


MARBLE  WOEKS. 

Three  firms  do  an  extensive  business  in  this  line,  and 
have  large  forces  of  men  at  Avork  constantl}'.  Our 
cemeteries  show  their  taste  and  skill  to  splendid  advan- 
tage, and  mark  them  as  accomplished  workmen.  But 
they  have  not  stopped  here,  for  these  shops  have  turn- 
ed out  work  that  has  astonished  even  our  own  citizens, 
by  its  beauty  of  design  and  faithful  execution. 

ir.  B.  Yolk;  W.  M.  Robertson,  and  W.  II.  Green  & 
Co.  are  engaged  in  this  line  at  present.  They  employ 
on  an  average  28  hands. 


131:  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 


B*  W*  (S^MB^EMi  EiEsus^Q  M^^xf^i^^wirmmm 


OR    "  MEN    OF    MARK      IN    QUINCY. 


We  have  spoken  elsewhere  of  the  achievements  of 
Quincy  genius  in  the  field  of  invention,  and  come  now 
to  one  who  in  this  line  has  won  a  national  if  not  a 
world-wide  fame. 

Eobert  \V.  Gardner,  the  present  head  of  the  firm  of 
Gardner  &  Eobertson,  is  a  native  of  England,  having 
been  born  in  London,  in  1832.  He  remained  there  only 
until  he  was  seven  years  of  age,  when-  he  removed  to 
Scotland,  where  he  was  admitted  to  the  Edinburgh 
"  School  of  Designs,"  an  institution  conducted  by  the 
government  for  the  purpose  of  educating  the  youth  of 
the  country  in  science  and  mechanism.  Only  a  certain 
number  were  admitted  to  the  institution,  and  these 
contributed  a  specified  sum  to  its  support.  While  here 
although  a  mere  youth,  his  mechanical  and  inventive 
genius  asserted  itself,  and  he  became  a  marked  student 
in  the  school. 

After  receiving  a  thorough  education,  he  resolved  to 
cross  the  Atlantic  and  visit  the  United  States.  In  1849 
he  arrived  in  Kew  York,  but  remaining  only  a  short 
time,  continued  west  to  Illinois,  locating  at  Kushville, 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  135 

and  obtaining  employment  as  a  farm  hand.     Here    ho 
also  taught  school  during  the  winter  months.     Passing 
two  years  in  this  locality,    he  concluded   to    return   to 
Scotland  to  pass  the  remainder  of  his  days.     Recrossing 
the  Atlantic  in  1851,  he  returned  to   Scotland,   and   on 
attending  the  World's  Fair  held   that   year,   his   mind 
underwent  a  change,  and   he   resolved   to   revisit    the 
United  States,  which  he  did  in  a  few  months,  again  lo- 
cating at  Rushville  as  a  school  teacher.     Soon  after  he 
came  to  Quincy,  and  engaged  with  Edward  Turner   to 
learn  the  trade  of  machinist.     Continuing   with  him  a 
little  over  a  year,  he  removed  to  Alton,  III.,  and  engag- 
ed as  foreman  of  a  machine  shop  there.     Eemaining  at 
the  last  named  place  only  two   years,    he  returned  to 
Quincy,    and    associating   with    him   Henry   Mitchell, 
bought  the  old  Turner  machine  shop,  and   engaged   in 
the  manufacture  of  steam  engines  and  general  machinery, 
under  the  firm  name    of  Gardner   &   Mitchell.     Subse- 
quently they  bought  the  Union  Machine  Shop,  on  Fifth 
street,  and  took  into  the  firm  a    third   partner  in    the 
person  of  Mr.  Mitchell's  brother.     From  the  beginning, 
however,  Mr.  Gardner  remained   at   the   head   of  tho 
firm,  and  in  1860,  after  various  changes,  ho   associated 
with  him  Mr.  John   Robertson,    his   present   partner, 
eince  which  time  the   firm  has   remained    Gardner   & 
Robertson,  and  passed  through  a  career  of  unprecedent- 
ed prosperity.     In  1865   tho  firm   built   their   present 
model  machine  shop  for  the  purpose  of  manufacturing 
the    celebrated    "  Gardner's   Improved   Compensation 
Governor." 

This  invention  of  Mr.  Gardner's,  which    has   becomo 
famous  wherever  steam  is  employed  as  a  motive  power, 


136  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

was  first  putouled  by  him  in  1860,  after  having  experi- 
mented two  yeara  to  make  it  more  perfect.  He  first 
improved  it  December  27th,  1861:,  and  had  it  re-issued 
September  5lh,  1865.  In  November  of  the  same  year, 
he  still  further  perfected  it,  aud  since  then  the  demand 
for  them  has  been  so  constant  and  increasing,  that 
some  thirty  mechanics  have  been  employed  in  their 
manufacture.  They  are  now  to  be  found  in  every  state 
and  territory  in  the  Union,  and  also  throughout  the 
Canadas,  and  are  acknowledged  everywhere  to  be  the 
superior  of  every  invention  of  the  kind  in  use. 

In  1867,  Messrs.  Gardener  k  Robertson  opened  the 
first  machinists'  and  manufacturers'  supply  store,  and 
in  1869  enlarged  the  same  considerably.  This  year  they 
also  purchased  the  extensive  hardware  and  iron  store 
of  Charles  E.  Allen,  and  consolidating  the  business  of 
both  houses  into  one,  are  conducting  the  same  success- 
fully in  the  last  named  house,  on  Maine  street,  where 
with  their  thorough  knowledge  of  the  wants  of  the 
trade,  and  their  practical  familiarity  with  the  business, 
a  career  of  prosperity  undoubtedly^  awaits  them. 

In  addition  to  his  efforts  as  a  mechanic  and  inventor 
Mr.  Gardner  has  also  been  prominent  for  his  services  in 
behalf  of  the  social  advancement  of  our  city,  and  few 
men  have  labored  more  assiduously  than  him  to  elevate 
the  morals  and  improve  the  religious  status  of  Quincy. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  137 


CHAIES. 

Two  extensive  chair  factories  are  now  in  operation 
and  meeting  with  fair  success.  They  turn  out  work  of 
a  superior  style  and  finish,  and  have  little  difficulty  in 
disposing  of  the  same.  The  firms  operating  the  estab- 
lishments are  : — V.  C.  Westermann,  and  II.  Laake  & 
Co. 


ENGEAVJNG. 


Three  firms  do  the  engraving  for  the  city,  and  as 
they  are  all  experts  at  the  work,  satisfaction  is  render- 
ed. The  firms  are:  John  Ilobrecker;  II.  Ilulseman, 
and  Ottman  k  Folger. 


MATCH  FACTORIES. 

Among  new  enterprises  recently  started  here  is  the 
manufacture  of  matches,  in  which  Yon  X.  Widenbauer 
and  John  Stuckman  are  snccessfnlly  engaged. 


138  HISTORY    OF   QUINCT. 


Cabw.  Mi€M^^EL  ^iggqtTm  Posr  J(i*STSs» 


OR     "MEN     OF     mark"    IN    QUINCY. 


Among  those  who  gave  their  time  and  services  to  the 
nation  during  the  late  war,  none  devoted  themselves 
with  more  ardor  and  heroism  to  the  cause  of  the  Union, 
or  retired  from  the  army  with  a  better  record  for  fidel- 
ity and  valor,  than  the  veteran  whose  name  heads  this 
page. 

Captain  3Iichael  Piggott,  present  Post  Master  of 
Quincy,  was  born  in  Ireland,  in  1834,  and  emigrated  to 
this  country  with  his  parents  in  1811,  settling  in  St. 
Louis,  Mo.  His  parents  being  in  indigent  circumstan- 
ces, when  quite  a  boy  young  Piggott  obtained  employ- 
ment as  cabin  boy  on  one  of  our  Mississippi  river  steam- 
ers, and  by  his  labors  not  only  relieved  his  parents  from 
the  burden  of  his  own  support,  but  contributed  materi- 
ally to  their  aid  and  comfort  from  his  scanty  wages. — 
In  1850,  young  Piggott,  then  only  sixteen  years  old  re- 
tired from  the  river,  and  with  commendable  foresight 
apprenticed  himself  to  a  bricklayer,  to  learn  that  trade, 
that  he  might  have  something  permanent  upon  which 
to  rely  in  the  future.  In  the  spring  of  1854,  he  removed 
to  Quincy,  and  began  life  here  a  young  man  of  twenty, 
with  a  clear  head  and  good  habits,  but  without  even  a 
common  school  education.     Realizing   the    disadvanta- 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  139 

ges  under  which  he  labored  for  want  of  an  education, 
he  at  once  resolved  to  supply  that  deficiency,  and  with 
a  determination  peculiar  to  the  man,  he  at  once  eom- 
menced  the  work  of  educating  himself.  While  follow- 
ing the  business  of  a  contractor,  erecting  buildings,  &c., 
he  obtained  books  and  took  his  first  lessons  in  self  edu- 
cation, learning  the  alphabet,  and  then  to  spell,  read 
and  write.  This  accomplished  the  path  of  life  grew 
brighter  before  him,  and  he  unfortunately  determined 
to  enlarge  his  business,  and  at  once  contracted  to  erect 
the  Hess  House,  now  the  Adams  Ilouse.  Mr.  Hess  fail- 
ing, he  received  for  his  work  on  this  building  almost 
nothing,  and  lost  all  that  he  had  saved  in  the  previous 
four  years. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  in  18G1,  he  enlisted 
in  the  "  Burge  Sharpshooters  "  as  a  private.  Like  most 
of  volunteers  he  was  little  versed  in  the  art  of  war,  but 
by  applying  himself  assiduously  he  soon  acquired  a 
knowledge  of  the  tactics,  and  was  detailed  to  drill  his 
comrades.  Before  leaving  for  the  field  of  action  he  was 
promoted  to  Second  Lieutenant,  and  shortly  after  tak- 
ing the  field  to  First  Lieutenant.  At  the  siege  of  Don- 
elson  he  was  made  Captain,  and  served  as  Provost  Mar- 
shal under  Gen.  Dodge,  of  Danville,  Miss,  in  1862.  His 
first  term  of  service  expiring  in  186-1:,  he  re-enlisted 
with  his  company  in  that  year,  and  received  the  unan- 
imous vote  of  his  company  for  captain  for  the  second 
term.  With  his  company  Captain  Piggott  followed  the 
fortunes  of  his  regiment  through  all  its  engagements, 
from  North  Missouri,  to  Resaca,  Georgia.  At  the  last 
named  place  he  lost  his  leg,  on  the  14th  of  May,  1864, 
but  continued  in  the  service  until  January  21st,    1865. 


140  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

ileturning  to  Qiiincy,  Capt.  Piggott  devoted  himself  to 
the  laudable  object  of  educating  himself.  With  this  ob- 
ject in  view  he  purchased  a  scholarship  in  the  Bryant 
&  Stratton  Comm'ercial  College,  and  attended  two 
months.  He  soon  after  received  the  appointment  of 
Deputy  United  States  Assessor,  but  resigned  this  posi- 
tion and  secured  an  appointment  as  messenger  in  the 
House  of  Representatives  at  Washington. 

Upon  the  election  of  President  Grant,  through  his 
individual  efforts,  and  as  a  reward  for  his  services  in 
the  cause  of  the  Union'  he  received  the  apj^ointment  of 
Post  Master  of  Quincy.  which  position  he  now  fills. 

An  ardent  republican  in  politics,  Capt.  Piggott  was 
nominated  by  that  party  for  Circuit  Clerk  in  1866,  but 
the  county  being  strongly  democratic,  he  was  defeated 
at  the  election.  In  his  present  position  as  Post  Master 
Capt.  Piggott  has  administered  the  affairs  of  the  office 
with  ability  and  success,  rendering  entire  satisfaction 
to  Democrats  and  Eepublicans  alike.  An  industrious 
and  faithful  officer,  and  a  thorough  gentleman,  no  bet- 
ter selection  for  Post  Master  of  the  "  Gem  City  "  could 
have  been  made. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  141 


TANNERY. 

We  have  one  tannery  in  operation  in  our  city,  which 
turns  out  a  superior  quality  of  leather,  and  bids  fair  to 
become  at  no  distant  day  one  of  the  leading  manufac- 
turing establishments  of  Quinc3\  C.  A.  Furche  is  the 
proprietor  and  manager. 


irOOP  SKIKT  MANUFACTUIIERS. 

We  have  two  firms  cn<:ca£:ed  in  the  manufacture  of 
hoop  skirts.  They  manufacture  first-class  goods,  and 
are  meeting  wuth  splendid  encouragement. 

The  firms  are  D.  Gross,  and  A.  Ileyman. 


HORSE  COLLARS. 

Three  firms  make  the  manufacture  of  horse  collars  a 
specialty,  and  do  a  large  business  in  that  line. 

The  firms  are  S.  L.  Taylor;  IIickey&  Woodside,  and 
A.  Loher. 


142  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

OR,  "MEN    OF    mark"    IN    QUINCY. 


The  subject  of  the  present  sketch  has  for  a  long  term 
of  years  ranked  as  one  of  the  active  and  enterprising 
men  of  Quincy. 

A.  J.  F.  Prevost  is  a  native  of  ISTew  York,  but  passed 
only  a  brief  portion  of  his  life  in  the  Empire  State,  his 
parents  removing  with  him  to  Illinois  when  he  was  but 
twelve  years  old.  In  1835  he  located  in  Brown  Coun- 
ty, and  commenced  life  as  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  E.  H. 
Hurlbut,  at  Mt.  Sterling,  although  then  only  fourteen 
years  old.  At  the  age  of  twenty,  he  had  so  commended 
himself  to  Mr.  Hurlbut  by  his  faithful  attention  to  bus- 
iness and  strict  integrity,  that  he  was  admitted  as  a 
partner  in  the  establishment.  He  continued  at  this  for 
a  time,  when  he  removed  to  Morgan  County,  and  there 
tried  farming  for  five  years.  At  the  expiration  of  that 
time,  returning  to  Mt.  Sterling,  he  again  embraced 
merchandizing,  and  in  connection  therewith  packed 
pork  on  a  moderate  scale.  In  1859  Mr.  Prevost  re- 
moved to  Quincy,  and  commenced  pork  packing  on  an 
extensive  scale.  He  has  continued  uninterruptedly  at 
the  business  to  this  day,  and  is  at  present  the  largest 
packer  in  the  city,  the  product  of  his  house  this  season 
being  half  of  all  the  pork  packed. 

A  man  of  easy  and  affable  manners,  kind,  and  gener- 
ous almost  to  a  fault,  few  citizens  of  Quincy  enjoy  the 
popularity  of  Mr.  Prevost,  and  none  are  more  eminent- 
ly entitled  to  it. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  1-^3 


F.  3.  ^LDE£OE»  ESQ.,  QQXXISSIQ^V  MMSCsa^r, 


OR    "MEN    OF    mark"    IN    QUINCY. 


Among  the  young  men  of  Quincy  who  have  succeeded 
by  their  own  exertions,  in  placing  themselves  on  the 
road  to  prosperity,  and  who  have  been  prominent  and 
active  in  behalf  of  our  thriving  city,  none  take  rank  be- 
fore the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

F.  II.  Aldrich  is  a  native  not  only  of  the  State  of  Il- 
linois, but  also  of  the  County  of  Adams,  having  been 
born  within  four  miles  of  the  Court  House,  on  the  5th 
of  October,  1836.  His  parents  were  among  the  first 
settlers  of  this  section  of  the  State,  but  being  poor,  when 
quite  a  youth,  he  found  it  necessary  to  obtain  employ- 
ment, in  order  to  support  not  only  himself,  but  also  to 
assist  his  parents.  Securing  a  situation  as  clerk  on  one 
of  the  Mississippi  steamers,  he  retained  it  for  five  years, 
giving  unbounded  satisfaction  to  his  employers  and  the 
public.  Retiring  from  the  river,  Mr.  Aldrich  embarked 
in  the  commission  business,  also  acting  as  steamboat 
agent.  In  this  he  has  been  eminently  successful,  but 
owes  his  success  to  the  indomitable  energy  and  deter- 
mination with  which  he  has  adhered  to  it,  and  the 
judgment  and  ability  he  has  displayed  in  its  manage- 
ment.    Faithful  to  those  who  have  entrusted   business 


141  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

to  his  care,  he  has  made  the  commission  business  a  suc- 
cess in  Quincy,  after  repeated  failures  by  others,  and 
now  finds  it  comparatively  easy  to  make  it  profitable. 
For  a  number  of  years  agent  of  the  I^orthern  Line 
Packet  Company,  he  has  rendered  them  valuable  ser- 
vice, and  to-day  his  place  could  scarcely  be  filled  by  this 
Company,  out  of  our  entire  population.  Elected  Alder- 
man in  18G7,  on  his  personal  popularity,  he  filled  the 
position  with  credit  to  himself  and  satisfaction  to  his 
constituents. 

Among  the  3^oungest  of  Quincy's  business  men,  Mr. 
Aldrich  is  the  equal  of  any  of  her  citizens  in  business 
sagacity  and  judgment,  and  a  brilliant  future  is  open  to 
him. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  145 


BLACKSMITHS. 

We  have  a  number  of  firms  that  are  engaged  in  horse 
shoeing,  blaeksmithing,  &c.  They  employ  more  or  less 
mechanics,  and  in  most  instances  manufacture  wagons, 
plows  and  agricultural  implements  in  connection  with 
their  regular  work. 

The  firms  engaged  in  this  line  of  work  are  : — W.  Ar- 
ning  ;  T.  Beatty  ;  J.  Bickelhaupt ;  Bolinger  &  Grussen- 
meyer;  Brinkkocter  &  Benhof ;  Edward  Cassidy;  Fulls 
&  Craig  ;  Geo.  Goodapple  ;  L.  O.  Hartung  ;  W.  Ilerlo- 
mann  ;  G.  Jackson  ;  II.  Knaphoide;  Koenig  &  Weiler; 
J.  Longres ;  T.  Molony ;  II.  Nolkemper ;  L.  Otten  ; 
Ridder  &  Euth  ;  J.  Tlufl[io  ;  Shefer  &Ledig;  L.  Schmitt; 
A.  Schwieters  ;  C.  C.  Slack  ;  E.  Sturhahn  ;  Sweeny  Si 
Co.;  A.  Vanfleet ;  Wenzel  &  Keiser. 


GUNSMITHS. 

Three  gunsmiths  do  the  work  in  this  line,  principally 
repairing,  but  also  occasionally  manufacturing  fine  guns. 
They  are :— F.  Bader;  P.  Eger,  and  F.  Tobias. 

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146  HISTORY   OF   QUINCY. 


€q&Q^m&  M.  M*  B^^M» 


OR    "MEN   OF    MARK'    IN   QUINCY. 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  one  who  rendered  valua- 
ble service  to  the  nation  in  the  protracted  struggle  from 
1861  to  1865. 

Col.  M.  M.  Bane,  was  born  in  Athens  County,  Ohio, 
in  1825,  and  commenced  life  a  poor  boy.  Succeeding  in 
obtaining  an  education,  however,  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  he  entered  Sterling  Medical  College,  at  Columbus, 
Ohio,  where  he  graduated  in  1844,  and  removed  to 
Payson,  111.  Here  he  continued  at  his  profession,  and 
taking  an  active  part  in  politics  was  elected  to  the  Leg- 
islature of  the  State  in  1860. 

Serving  a  term  in  the  Legislature,  he  returned  to 
Payson  and  resumed  the  practice  of  medicine,  at  which 
he  continued  until  the  breaking  out  of  the  rebellion, 
when  he  took  an  active  part  in  raising  the  50th  regi- 
ment Illinois  infantry,  of  which  he  was  commissioned 
Colonel.  This  position  he  held  for  three  years,  partici- 
pating in  the  siege  and  capture  of  Forts  Henry  and 
Donelson,  and  also  the  battle  of  Shiloh,  in  which  last 
he  lost  his  right  arm,  and  received  a  gun-shot  wound 
in  the  left  side.  At  this  time  Col.  Bane  was  in  com- 
mand of  the  3d  Brigade,  16th  Army  Corps,  which  com- 
mand he  retained  for  upwards  of  two  years. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  147 

After  the  battle  of  Shiloh  the  serious  nature  of  his 
wounds  necessitated  his  return  to  Quincy,  where  ho 
remained  until  1862,  when  he  again  entered  the  field, 
being  assigned  command  at  Corinth,  Miss.,  and  was 
active  in  garrisoning  that  post  during  the  siege  of 
Yicksburg.  In  1863,  he  was  ordered  to  Pulaski,  Tenn., 
where  he  commanded  his  old  brigade,  which  was  en- 
gaged for  some  time  in  rebuilding  the  Nashville  &  Ala- 
bama Railroad.  His  old  regiment  receiving  a  furlough 
as  veterans,  in  1864,  he  returned  with  them  to  Quincy, 
after  which  they  again  resumed  the  field,  and  partici- 
pated with  Sherman  in  the  famous  march  to  the  sea. — 
In  1864,  he  was  assigned  command  at  Eorae,  Georgia, 
which  position  he  held  until  July  of  the  same  year, 
when  he  was  appointed  Assistant  Special  Agent  of  the 
Treasury,  in  charge  of  abandoned  property  in  Georgia. 
Resigning  in  May,  1865,  he  spent  the  following  winter 
at  Harvard  Law  College,  and  in  1866  was  appointed 
United  States  Internal  Revenue  Assessor  for  the  4th 
District  of  Illinois.  This  position  he  filled  until  1869, 
when  he  received  an  appointment  as  United  States  In- 
ternal Revenue  Detective,  which  however  he  resigned 
the  same  year. 

It  may  be  truly  said  that  Col.  Bane  served  his  coun- 
try well  and  faithfully  in  the  hour  of  her  extremity, 
and  in  addition  to  his  services  as  a  gallant  and  able 
officer  sacrificed  much  in  the  cause.  Gifted  and  accom- 
plished, shrewd  and  sagacious,  he  ranks  as  an  influen- 
tial leader  of  the  Republican  party  in  Illinois,  and  is 
destined  in  the  future  to  prominence  and  distinction  in 
the  political  arena. 


148  HISTORY   OF    QUINCY. 


COOPEES. 

Where  there  is  annually  such  a  demand  for  cooper- 
age as  in  Quincy,  a  large  force  of  mechanics  are  neces- 
earily  kept  busy  to  supply  the  same.  The  following 
firms  manufacture  largely  in  this  line,  turning  out  flour, 
whisky  and  beer  barrels  to  supply  the  trade,  of  which  a 
vast  quantity  are  used: — J.  Abbe,  J.  Boettle,  L.  Breit- 
haupt,  L.  Detler,  H.  Feld,  A.  Hilbing,  L.  Hoifmann, 
Hunsaker  &  Beebe,  F.  Ihringer,  M.  Kaltenbach,  B.  H. 
Klimper,  J.  II.  Kollmeier,  H  Kraemer,  J.  Kriegshauser, 
L.  Lambur,  L.  Lambur,  jr.,  G.  D.  Landwehr,  J.  G.  Lee 
&  Co.,  W.  F.Lee,  E.  D.  Lohmeyer,  H.  Lohmeyer,  E. 
McFarland,  F.  Michael,  H.  Michael,  M.  Neuer,  H.  Noll, 
H.  Kichter,  J.  C.  Eoberts,  W.  Sch^chtsick,  G.  Schafer, 
J.  B.  Schroder,  B.  Schumacher,  J.  Stegemann,  C.  Stille, 
W.  Stremme,  G.  Tieben,  II.  Yolkeri,  J.  Yoots,  sr.,  H. 
II.  Wesken,  G.  H.  Wilpers,  J.  Winking. 

In  this  line  employment  is  given  to  a  large  number 
of  hands,  while  as  a  branch  of  our  manufactures  it  is 
highly  important. 


BASKETS. 


W.  Heinemeyer  conducts  the  only  basket  factory  in 
the  city,  but  manufactures  on  a  small  scale. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  149 


^.  J?.  X(^\VSO.y»  dssisr,  S^*pr,  C  B.  i&  Q,  &,  S,» 


OR    ''MEN    OF    MARK      IN    QUINCY. 


There  are  none  whose  names  appear  in  this  work 
who  in  so  short  a  period  have  accomplished  so  much 
for  Quincy  as  N.  J).  Munson,  Assistant  Superintendent 
Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  Railroad. 

N.  D.  Munson  was  born  in  Vermont,  in  which  state 
his  father  carried  on  an  extensive  iron  manufacturing 
establishment,  in  which  when  not  attending  school,  he 
passed  his  early  days,  and  until  he  arrived  at  maturity. 
Resolving  then  to  make  a  tour  of  observation  he  came 
west,  and  after  posting  himself  as  to  its  condition  and 
prospects,  returned  to  his  native  state,  where  he  em- 
barked in  the  dry  goods  business.  In  the  fall  of  1854 
he  again  visited  the  west,  this  time  going  into  the  dry 
goods  business  at  Painesville,  Ohio.  In  1856  he  went 
to  Chicago,  and  accepted  a  position  as  check  clerk  of 
the  Michigan  Southern  R.  R.,  which  position  he  left  to 
accept  that  of  shipping  clerk  on  the  Michigan  Central 
R.  R.  Leaving  Chicago  in  1857,  he  proceeded  to  Bur- 
lington, Iowa,  where  he  engaged  in  the  transfer  busi- 
ness for  a  brief  period.  Returning  to  Chicago,  he  ac- 
cepted the  agency  of  the  Union  Despatch  Line,  which 
he  resigned  in  1858,  to  accept  the  freight  agency  of  the 


150  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 

C.  B.  &  Q.  E.  R.  at  this  point.  In  1860  he  removed  to 
St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  as  agent  for  the  Hannibal  (fe  St.  Joseph 
R.  K.  In  1861  he  again  returned  to  Chicago,  and  en- 
gaged in  the  grain  business,  from  which  he  retired  in 
1862  to  accept  the  agency  of  the  Great  Western  E.  E. 
at  Keokuk.  This  position  he  yielded  in  1864,  upon  his 
appointment  as  Assistant  Superintendent  C.  B.  &.  Q. 
E.  E.  at  Quincy. 

During  his  residence  in  our  city  as  the  representative 
of  this  great  railroad  corporation,  Mr.  Munson  has  in- 
stituted reforms  and  improvements,  whose  value  to 
Quincy  can  scarcely  be  estimated. 

A  thorough  railroad  man,  and  understanding  the 
wants  of  the  road  and  its  patrons,  he  has  ever  been 
prompt  to  supply  such  accommodations  and  facilities  as 
were  demanded.  Few  men  could  have  rendered  such 
universal  satisfaction  to  the  public,  and  none  could  have 
guarded  more  jealously  the  interests  of  the  C.  B.  &  Q., 
than  N.  D.  Munson. 

Unostentatious  and  reserved,  but  pleasant  and  affable, 
he  directs  and  superintends  the  vast  interests  of  his 
company  centered  here  with  clock-work  ease  and  regu- 
larity, and  during  his  residence  among  us  has  made  a 
community  of  friends. 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  151 


TIN  AND  COPPEE  WOEKERS. 

Several  extensive  establishments  for  the  manufacture 
of  articles  of  tin  and  copper  ware  are  in  operation  here, 
and  employ  a  large  number  of  mechanics.  The  work 
from  these  establishments  is  of  the  most  superior  quali- 
ty, and  will  compare  with  the  work  of  the  most  famous 
eastern  shops. 

The  firms  manufacturing  in  this  branch  are  : — Corn- 
stock,  Castle  &  Co.,  G.  J.  Cottrell,  H.  C.  Dasbach,  F. 
Fischer,  Grant  &  Fisher,  11.  Heeb,  F.  Herri tt,  J.  Krieg- 
shauser,  W.  Meyers,  C.  Ochsner,  J,  L.  Pfau,  sr.,  II.  Ean- 
dall,  Eearick,  Eitter  &  Co.,  H.  Eensch,  J.  P.  11.  Eoyston, 
C.  H.  Scheipering,  B.  Schupp,  L.  D.  White,  B.  H.  T. 
Wirmer,  C.  G.  AVurst. 


SOAP,   CANDLES,  &c. 

One  large  factory  supplies  the  demand  for  soap,  can- 
dles &c.,  and  manufixctures  extensively  in  this  line.  The 
product  of  this  establishment  is  of  a  superior  quality, 
and  finds  a  ready  sale  in  other  markets  than  our  own. 

F.  Flachs  &  Co.  are  the  proprietors  of  the  same,  and 
they  are  displaying  an  enterprise  in  the  business  which 
must  in  future  be  rewarded  with  handsome  returns. 


152  HISTORY    or    QUINCY. 


WtU.   G*  EWi^&»  PSQSBGC/ri^YG  dTTQS^Br» 


OR    ''  MEN    OF    mark"    IN    QUINCY. 


"We  have  bad  occasion  elsewhere  to  speak  of  several 
of  the  eminent  men  of  the  Quincy  bar,  but  most  of 
those  were  veterans  in  that  distinguished  body,  who 
have  passed  the  major  portion  of  the  three-score  and 
ten  allotted  to  this  life  in  the  traces.  We  come  now  to 
one,  whose  career  though  brilliant,  is  not  threaded  with 
the  silver  lines  of  age. 

'  William  G.  Ewing  is  a  rative  of  McLean  county,  Illi- 
nois, where  he  was  born  May  11th,  1839.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  the  Illinois  Wesleyan  University,  where  he 
supported  himself  by  teaching  during  vacations.  Study- 
ing law  with  Hon.  Eobert  S.  Williams,  at  Bloomiugton, 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  October,  1861.  Practic- 
ing law  in  Woodford  county  for  a  short  time,  in  1863 
he  came  to  Quincy,  and  commenced  the  struggle  of  life 
in  earnest,  almost  a  stranger  in  a  strange  land.  Studi- 
ously devoting  himself  to  his  profession,  and  assiduous- 
ly watching  the  interests  of  his  clients,  he  soon  com- 
mended himself  to  the  public,  and  was  in  1866  elected 
City  Attorney.  In  August  of  the  same  year  the  City 
Council  appointed  him  Superintendent  of  Public  Schools. 
Both  of  these  positions  he  filled  with  credit  to  himself 
and  satisfaction  to  the  citizens  of  Quincy,  and  in   1867, 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  153 

he  was  re-elected  City  Attorney.  In  1868  ho  received 
another  mark  of  public  approbation,  being  elected 
Prosecuting  Attorney  for  the  district  comprising  Ad- 
ams and  Hancock  counties,  which  position  he  still  re- 
tains. 

Although  yet  in  the  very  spring-time  of  life,  Mr. 
Ewing  has  already  made  his  mark  as  a  lawyer.  A  pro- 
found thinker,  solid  reasoner  and  powerful  speaker  he 
has  in  many  of  the  celebrated  cases  tried  at  our  court 
displayed  legal  ability  that  marks  his  star  as  one  destin- 
ed to  a  worthy  place  in  that  constellation  of  brilliant 
minds  who  have  made  Illinois  the  scene  of  their  great 
achievements,  and  of  whom  but  few  remain. 


154  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 


MERCHANT  TAILOEING. 

Qaincy  is  not  behind  the  age  in  the  manufacture  of 
clothing,  and  she  can  boast  of  several  model  establish- 
ments devoted  to  this  line  of  work.  Here  are  kept  con- 
stantly on  hand  large  stocks  of  imported  and  domestic 
goods,  which  are  made  up  to  order  in  a  style  of  beauty 
and  workmanship,  not  surpassed  in  the  large  cities  of 
the  east. 

The  following  are  the  firms : — James  A.  Parker,  J.  P. 
Bert,  C.  Heidenrich,  J.  Templeton,  J.  A.  Allen,  Brand 
&  Lubert,  Fechter  &  Kipp,  Haerle  &  Notter,  T.  Holt- 
kamp,  H.  Meyer,  Powers  &  Finlay,  M.  Rau,  A.  H. 
Schroeder,  G.  Worth,  H.  Wulfmeyer. 


PHOTOGRAPHERS.  ^ 

Several  handsomely  furnished  and  excellently  man- 
aged art  galleries  flourish  in  our  city,  and  every  style 
of  the  photographic  art,  executed  by  skillful  artists  of 
whom  there  are  a  number  emploj^ed  in  Quincy. 

These  art  rooms  are  owned  and  operated  by  the  fol- 
lowing firms  : — Mrs.  W.  A.  Reed.  J.  T.  Bradshaw,  J. 
Sanftleben,  Wright  &  Buford,  D.  L.  Harrison,  J.  E. 
Harvey,  L.  N.  Howard,  and  A.  M.  Warner. 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  155 


Cox,.  ^,  B.  €^SiLSt»  €Q&£,aGTQS  I^r.  Itsrsjii'trM» 


OR     "MEN     OF     mark"    IN    QUINCY. 


Although  the  subject  of  this  sketch  has  resided  but 
briefly  in  Quincy,  he  is  still  thoroughly  identified  with 
our  city  and  its  prosperity.  Prior  to  taking  up  his  res- 
dence  among  us  Col.  Cahill  was  well  known  to  many 
of  our  citizens  on  account  of  his  connection  with  the 
16th  regiment  Illinois  volunteers,  in  which  was  a  Quin- 
cy company,  and  with  which  he  served  through  the 
war,  commanding  the  regiment  for  two  years  of  that 
period. 

Col.  James  B.  Cahill,  was  born  at  Utica,  N.  Y.,  July 
21st,  1838,  where  he  remained  until  he  arrived  at  the 
age  of  twenty,  when  he  removed  to  Hancock  County, 
Illinois.  Ilere  ho  was  located,  pursuing  the  study  of 
law,  when  the  war  broke  out  in  18G1,  and  he  re- 
solved to  give  his  services  to  the  cause  of  the  Union. 
Enlisting  as  a  private  soldier  in  the  16th  Illinois  regi- 
ment, he  proceeded  with  it  to  the  scene  of  action,  and 
remained  with  it  to  the  close  of  the  war,  commanding 
it  the  last  two  years  of  its  service.  While  in  the  army 
he  was  promoted  through  the  various  grades  of  Lieu- 
tenant, Captain  and  Major  to  Lieutenant-Colonel,  which 
is  ample  evidence  of  his  ability  and  gallantry  as  an  of- 
ficer. 


156  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

Settling  in  Warsaw  at  the  close  of  the  war,  he  re- 
mained there  until  President  Grant's  inauguration, 
when  he  received  the  appointment  of  Internal  Eevenuo 
Collector  for  the  4th  District  of  Illinois.  President 
Grant  could  not  have  selected  a  more  faithful  and  effi- 
cient officer,  as  subsequent  experience  has  proven ;  Col. 
Cahill  having  since  assuming  the  position  managed  itu 
affairs  with  signal  ability  and  integrity. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  157 


CIGARS. 

A  large  business  in  the  manufacture  of  cigars  is  done 
annuallj  in  Quincy,  and  several  large  establishments 
are  employed  in  this  line.  The  very  best  of  tobacco  is 
secured  by  these  firms,  and  the  quality  of  the  cigars 
made  by  them  is  such  that  they  meet  with  a  ready 
Bale. 

The  following  firms  are  engaged  in  this  branch  : — 
W.  Kochanowski;  H.  Aldag;  Heinz  &  Co.;  E.  Achter- 
mann  ;  W.  A.  Bader;  Bernstein  &  Co.;  II.  Cohen  ;  D. 
Ehlers ;  E.  Hanke;  J.  W.  Hartung;  A.  H.  Heine; 
Heine  &  Hummer  ;  A.  B.  Hiltz;  Jackson,  Keuser  &  Co.; 
S.  Kingsbaker  &  Co.;  P.  Mueller;  F.  Sleumer. 

These  firms  manufactured  during  the  twelve  months 
just  closed  1,280.236  cigars. 


WATCH  MAKERS  AND  JEWELERS. 

Our  watchmakers  and  jewelers  have  at  all  times  tak- 
en front  rank  for  enterprise  in  their  business,  and  while 
their  stores  have  been  at  all  times  temples  of  beauty, 
they  have  also  employed  skillful  and  experienced  jewel- 
ers to  do  the  work  of  their  patrons. 

The  following  are  the  firms  in  this  branch  : — AY.  H. 
Gage,  J.  W.  Brown,  George  Mitchell,  J.  S.  Rosenthal 
&  Co.,  J.  F.  Andrews,  A.  Basse,  jr.,  J.  Brockschmidt, 
B.  R.  Hemming,  F.  Hofling,  H.  Hulsman,  R.  Waldin. 


158  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 


C^aA.  €MdMLES  S,  ^QBTQ^.  Cq^^ty  €&bbs. 


OR    "MEN    OF    mark"    IN    QUINCY. 


None  of  those  who  entered  the  army  from  Quincy 
attained  greater  prominence  for  fidelity  and  devotion 
to  the  cause  they  espoused,  than  Colonel  Charles  H. 
Morton. 

Col.  Morton  is  one  of  the  old  residents  of  Quincy, 
coming  here  as  early  as  1835  with  his  parents.  Arriv- 
ing at  maturity  he  studied  medicine  in  Quincy,  and 
followed  that  profession  until  1862,  when  he  entered 
the  army  as  Major  of  the  8ith  regiment  Illinois  infant- 
ry. With  this  regiment  he  passed  through  all  the  cam- 
paigns of  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland  in  Kentucky, 
Tennessee,  Alabama  and  Georgia.  In  November,  1863 
he  was  captured  at  Chickamauga,  but  on  his  release  ' 
again  took  the  field,  and  subsequently  commanded  the 
84th  at  the  capture  of  Atlanta,  and  the  battle  of  ISTash- 
ville,  being  promoted  to  Lieutenant-Colonel  and  brevet 
Colonel  for  gallant  and  meritorious  services  on  the  last 
named  occasions.  Returning  home  at  the  close  of  the 
war,  Col.  Morton  having  been  a  zealous  and  active  Ee- 
publican,  was  nominated  for  County  Clerk  by  that  par- 
ty in  1865.     The  county  being   hopelessly   democratic, 


UISTORY    0¥    QUINCY.  159 

it  was  not  imagined  that  he  would  be  elected,  but  at 
the  polls  his  personal  popularity  overbalanced  political 
odds,  and  he  was  triumphant.  Serving  four  years  he 
was  renominated,  and  redoubled  exertions  were  made 
to  defeat  him,  but  to  no  purpose,  he  being  again  the 
successful  candidate. 

As  County  Clerk,  his  present  position,  Col.  Morton 
has  been  industrious,  faithful  and  efficient,  which,  add- 
ed to  his  genial  and  social  qualities  as  a  man,  made  him 
a  formidable  candidate  before  the  people. 


160  HISTORY   OF   QUINCY. 


BAKERS. 

In  the  manufacture  of  bread,  crackers  &c.,  we  have  a 
large  amount  of  capital  employed.  Bread  of  a  superior 
quality  is  made  here,  but  is  almost  entirely  for  local 
consumption.  In  the  manufacture  of  crackers  there  is 
still  greater  activity,  and  a  heavy  demand  from  abroad 
is  annually  supplied.  The  trade  in  this  particular  is 
constantly  increasing,  and  our  large  establishments  are 
kept  busy  the  year  round  filling  orders. 

The  following  firms  are  engaged  in  this  branch  of 
manufactures : — Brown  Bros.,  Duckworth  &  Bugbee, 
O.  W.  Gallup,  M.  Jarrett,  W.  Buehrer,  H.  A.  Althoif, 
C.  Bummann,  Deuerlein  &  Kohler,  G.  Kirschner,  H.  H. 
Krins,  J.  Manegold,  C.  Meien,  J.  C.  Eoller,  Thuer  & 
Hellhake,  J.  B.  Wheeler,  A.  Wichmann,  H.  Boeken- 
hoff. 

They  employ  98  hands,  and  a  capital  of  $210,000. 


BAKING  POWDER 

D.  C.  Clinton  has  recently  embarked  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  baking  powder,  and  is  meeting  with  fair  suc- 
cess. 


HISTORY    OF    QUTNCY.  161 


€QEc.  B.  A^  IQ^'E^» 


OR,    *' MEN    OP    mark"    TN   QUTNCY. 


Although  the  subject  of  ihis  sketch  resides  ouside  of 
Quincy,  he  has  been  prominently  identified  Avith  its 
prosperity  for  the  past  fifteen  j^ears,  and  his  interests 
are  now  so  identified  with  those  of  our  city  that  he  is 
emphatically  one  of  her  citizens. 

K.  K.  Jones  is  a  son  of  the  late  William  Jones  of 
Chicago,  who  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  one  of  its 
wealthiest  and  most  influential  citizens.  Born  in  Cha- 
tauqua  County,  N.  Y.,  when  but  an  infant  his  parents 
removed  to  Buffalo,  where  they  remained  until  he  was 
ten  years  of  age,  when  they  went  to  Chicago,  his  father 
having  first  visited  Chicago  in  1831. 

On  his  thirteenth  birthday  he  entered  a  printing 
office,  and  at  eighteen  associating  with  him  Dr.  J.  S. 
Beach,  established  a  weekly  paper  called  the  Gem  of  the 
Frairie.  This  modest  weekly  which  then  enlightened 
the  pioneers  of  Chicago,  was  the  foundation  upon 
which  has  since  been  built  the  great  "  Tribune^'  of  that 
city,  one  of  the  most  profitable  newspaper  enterprises 
of  the  nineteenth  century. 

In  1848,  disposing  of  his  interest  in  the  "  Gem,"  Mr. 
Jones  removed  to  Manitowoc,  Wis.,  and  began  business 
11 


162  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

on  a  small  scale.  lie  found  this  decidedly  a  wooden 
country — lumber,  saw  logs,  shingles  and  cord  wood 
being  legal  tender.  By  close  attention  to  business,  and 
hard  work,  he  however  succeeded  in  making  it  profita- 
ble, and  in  1851  commenced  vessel  building,  continuing 
at  it  more  or  less  for  several  years. 

In  1857  Mr.  Jones  came  to  Quincy,  and  the  following 
spring  settled  on  his  farm  known  as  the  "Pines,"  near 
this  city.  Here  he  continued  farming  successfully  for 
years,  having  one  of  the  best  stocked,  most  admirably 
arranged,  and  most  valuable  farms  in  Illinois.  In  1866 
he  purchased  his  present  suburban  residence  known  as 
the  "  Wedgelands,"  a  magnificent  country  place  with 
a  handsome  and  commodious  dwelling  and  beautiful 
grounds  surrounding  the  same. 

The  past  summer  Col.  Jones  purchased  the  control- 
ling interest  in  the  magnificent  new  Opera  House  here, 
and  adding  some  improvements,  has  gone  to  work  to 
make  it  a  benefit  as  well  as  ornament  to  Quincy. 

Possessed  of  indomitable  enery,  and  unbouneed  enter- 
prise, few  men  are  better  calculated  to  advance  a  city 
than  Col.  K.  K.  Jones,  and  none  are  more  ready  to  give 
time  and  money  for  such  a  purpose.  Warm  and  im- 
pulsive, there  is  no  medium  with  him.  Whatever  he 
advocates  he  gives  a  whole-souled,  earnest  support  at 
all  times.  A  friend  of  railroads  and  public  enterprises 
calculated  to  enrich  and  develop  a  country,  he  has  ac- 
tively encouraged  them.  An  ardent  republican,  he  up- 
holds the  principles  of  that  party  with  all  his  might, 
and  is  a  zealous  and  influential  member  of  the  same. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  163 

BAGS. 

Two  firms  operate  extensive  factories  for  the  manu- 
facture of  bags  in  this  city,  and  in  addition  to  supply- 
ing the  local  demand,  also  ship  largely  to  points  up  and 
down  the  river,  and  on  the  various  railroads.  An  ex- 
tensive trade  in  this  line  has  been  built  up  in  the  last 
few  years  by  the  energy  and  enterprise  of  those  engag- 
ed in  the  business.  West  of  here  goods  in  this  line  are 
rarely  found  bearing  any  other  than  Quincy  brands, 
and  the  trade  is  almost  entirely  monopolized  by  this 
city.  This  is  attributable  to  the  fact  that  our  manu- 
facturers have  facilities  for  turning  out  better  work 
and  at  lower  rates,  than  any  western  city. 

The  firms  engaged  in  this  line  are : — Morphy  & 
Charles,  and  W.  M.  Avise.  They  employ  23  hands  and 
a  capital  of  $43,000. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Below  we  give  a  list  of  firms  engaged  in  the  unim- 
portant branches  of  manufactures  here,  which  employ 
but  a  small  amount  of  capital  and  give  employment  to 
but  few  hands. 

White  Beer — P.  Antweiler,  sr. 

Bell  Hangers — A.  Cross,  and  II.  Randall. 

Bleachers — C.  Ycrniaud,  and  Jo.  Woillard. 

Cabinet  Makers — A.  L.  Proescher  &  Co.,  J.  Braun, 
II.  Brinkmann,  F.  Hellstern,  II.  Kanngieszer,  J.  Kiefer, 
J.  C.  Eeincker,  C.  Steren,  C.  Stevens,  J.  II.  Timmer- 
mann  &  Co.,  P.  Yolm. 

Carpet  Weavers — J.  Evans,  C.  Gehm,  E.  J.  Green, 
E.  P.  Lake,  K.  Storck,  and  L.  Weber. 

Wood  Carvers — John  Ilobrccker,  G.  W.  Allhans. 


16-i  HISTORY    OP   QUINCY. 

Cord  and  Tassel  Manufacturer — J.  Mohr. 

Dyers  and  Scourers — C.  GoU,  II.  Worden,  A.  T. 
Adams. 

File  Cutter — W.  Dienstuhl. 

Box  AND  Measure  Factory — John  Potter. 

Furnace  Builder — C.  Ochsner. 

Furrier — G-.  J.  Laage. 

Gas  Fitters  and  Plumbers — J.  E.  Bunting  &  Co., 
P.  Lally,  Missouri  Portable  Coal  Gas  Co. 

Glass  and  Glazed  Sash — Bimson,  Menke  &  Co. 

Grinders  op  Cutlery — J.  Blocher,  D.  Grosch,  G. 
Langgutb,  B,  Woll. 

Locksmiths — H.  Eandall,  and  E.  Sien. 

Patent  Medicine — A.  J.  Kalb. 

Metal  Worker — J.  A.  Schneider. 

Millwrights — J.  C.  Hartley,  and  S.  F.  Eoss. 

Mustard  Manufacturers — W.  Hoifmann,  and  Sen- 
gen,  Willi  &  Co. 

Picture  Frames — W.  Brown  &  Co.,  and  J.  Hass. 

Pottery — C.  Brenner. 

Eailroad  Excavating  Machine — B.  T.  Stowell. 

Eegalia  Manufacturer — M.  W.  Newton. 

EoopiNG — Smith  &  Hughes,  and  O.  C.  Steele. 

Saddletree  Factory — Yogel  &  Yosmer. 

Sash  Supporter  Manufacturer — J.  D.  Simmons  &  Co. 

Shirt  Maker — J.  Grafftey. 

Silver  Platers — Ottmann  &  Folger. 

Trunk  Factory — H.  Thomasmeyer. 

Turner  in  Wood — G.  Langguth. 

Undertakers — S.  M.  Bartlett,  A.  L.  Proescher,  H. 
Brinkmann,  F.  Duker,  and  H.  Kanngieszer. 

Yinegar  Factories — J.  Wich,  and  Sengen,  Willi  &  Co. 

Upholsterers — C.  Haubach,  C.  Mewes,  and  H.  Zim- 
mermann. 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  165 


I^.  If*.  METEISt  Leasing  MsEOssJvr» 


OR    "MEN    OF    mark"    IN    QUINCY. 


While  Quincy  has  been  the    scene   of  operations   of 
many  successful  merchants,  it  is  doubtful  whether  any 
of  them  achieved  prominence  and  success  as  early  in 
life  as  the  subject  of  this  notice. 

F.  W.  Meyer,  is  a  native  of  Germany,  where  he  was 
born  in  the  village  of  Berne,  Oldenburg,  in  1836.  Em- 
igrating with  his  parents  to  the  United  States  in  1848, 
he  first  located  at  Milwaukee.  From  there  he  proceed- 
ed to  St.  Louis  in  1851,  and  clerked  for  two  years.  Ee- 
turning  to  Wisconsin,  he  worked  about  his  father's  saw 
mill  for  two  years,  but  the  climate  not  agreeing  with 
him  he  again  went  to  St.  Louis  and  obtained  employ- 
ment as  shipping  clerk  and  salesman  in  a  wholesale 
grocery  house. 

In  1861  he  came  to  Quincy,  and  in  company  with 
Louis  Buddee  and  G.  F.  Meyer  established  the  first  ex- 
clusive wholesale  grocery  house  in  the  city.  Ilis  health 
failing  he  retired  from  this  firm  in  18G7,  and  visited  a 
number  of  the  celebrated  springs  of  Germany,  when  ho 
returned,  and  associating  with  Louis  Buddee  formed 
the  firm  of  Buddee  &  Meyer,  which  has  since  done  an 
enormous  business  in  groceries.  The  past  fall  this  firm 
and  W.  S.  Warfield  consolidated  their  houses  under  the 


166  HISTORY   OF   QUINCY. 

firm  name  of  Buddee,  Warfield  &  Meyer,  and  took  pos- 
session of  the  commodious  store  rooms  in  Benneson's 
new  block,  whicli  tiiey  have  filled  with  a  ponderous 
stock  of  groceries.  They  are  now  doing  an  extensive 
wholesale  trade  in  groceries,  and  have  a  stock  which  in 
quantity  and  quality  is  unsurpassed  in  the  west. 

That  Mr.  Meyer  has  by  his  thorough  business  tact 
and  knowledge  done  much  to  bring  this  firm  to  its  pre- 
eminent position  is  well  known,  and  that  it  is  destined 
to  renewed  success  and  prosperity  under  its  present 
able  and  sagacious  management  cannot  be  doubted. 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  167 


MERCANTILE. 


WHOLESALE  DRY  GOODS  iVND  NOTIONS. 

First  in  importance,  perhaps,  of  all  trades  in  the  city 
is  the  Wholesale  Dry  Goods  and  Notions,  in  which  line 
we  have  houses  that  can  boast  of  a  trade  surpassed  by 
few  establishments  in  the  East.  New  York  has  her 
Stewarts  and  Claflins,  whose  energy  and  enterprise 
have  won  for  them  the  title  of  Merchant  Princes  of  the 
Continent;  but  we,  here  in  a  city  of  40,000  inhabitants, 
far  removed  from  the  seaboard,  have  our  Lesem  and 
Johnson,  whose  business  tact  and  liberality  bid  fair  to 
place  them  high  in  the  list  of  leading  merchants  of 
the  country.  Already  we  have  houses  whose  sales 
verge  on  to  two  million  dollars  annually.  Few  St. 
Louis  or  Chicago  houses  can  say  as  much. 

Our  Jobbers  in  Notions  and  Fancy  Goods  are  meet- 
ing with  equal  success,  and  also  making  large  annual 
sales. 

Their  goods  are  bought  in  the  East  where  men  are 
kept  to  watch  the  fluctuations  of  the  market  and  ad- 
vantage themselves  of  all  opportunities  for  favorable 
purchases.  They  have  equal  opportunities  in  freights 
with  Chicago  and  St.  Louis,  expenses  of  business,  rents, 


168  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

&c.,  are  less,  and  as  a  consequence  merchants  trade  to 
better  advantage  here  than  in  either  of  the  above  cities. 
The  sales  in  Dry  Goods  and  Notions  by  wholesale 
houses  the  past  year  averaged  $268,333  per  month,  or 
$3,220,000  for  the  year. 

The  following  firms  are  engaged  in  these  lines.  W.  H. 
Johnson  &  Co.,  S.  J.  Lesem  Bro.  &  Co.,  Chauncy  Ladd 
&  Co.,  Byerly  &  Brittingham,  Joseph  &  ISTelke,  Ladd  & 
Talcott,  J.  Meyer  &  Co.,  H.  Roberts,  J.  Putman. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  169 


mOBEST  riliMSO^s  ESQ.» 


OR    "MEN    OF    MARK      IN    QUINCY. 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  one  of  the  few  who  hav- 
ing witnessed  Quincy's  early  struggles  as  a  frontier  set- 
tlement has  also  the  privilege  of  viewing  her  as  a  me- 
tropolitan city,  with  an  extensive  trade,  important 
manufacturing  interests,  and  untold  commercial  facili- 
ties. 

Robert  Tillson  was  born  August  12th,  1800,  in  Massa- 
chusetts, and  at  the  age  of  twent3^-one  emigrated  west, 
locating  at  first  at  Hillsboro,  Illinois.  Remaining  there 
until  1827,  he  proceeded  to  St.  Louis,  and  with  Charles 
Holmes  as  a  partner  engaged  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness. In  1828,  loading  their  entire  stock  of  goods  on  a 
keel  boat  they  brought  them  to  Quincy,  and  started  the 
first  general  store  ever  established  here,  their  place  of 
business  being  a  log  cabin  on  the  north-east  corner  of 
the  public  square.  In  1829  they  built  and  occupied  the 
first  frame  building  erected  here.-  This  was  on  the 
south-west  corner  of  the  square,  the  present  site  of  Mr. 
Tillson's  handsome  block  of  stores.  In  1831,  Mr.  Till- 
son bought  out  the  interest  of  his  partner,  and  contin- 
ued the  business  alone  for  several  years.  While  con- 
ducting this  business  Mr.  Tillson  was  also  post  master, 
serving  for  twelve  years,  decidedly  the  longest  term  of 


170  HISTORY   or   QUINCY. 

any  post  master  in  the  history  of  Quiney.  In  1838,  he 
represented  the  2d  Ward  in  the  City  Council,  and  then 
as  at  all  times  was  zealous  in  promoting  the  city's  pros- 
perity. 

Early  turning  his  attention  to  real  estate,  Mr.  Tillson 
secured  at  comparatively  trifling  figures  some  of  the 
most  desirable  property  in  Quiney.  much  of  which  he 
still  owns.  This  he  has  improved  with  splendid  busi- 
ness structures,  and  has  been  second  to  none  in  enter- 
prise and  public  spirit. 

One  of  the  earliest  settlers  here,  perhaps  the  best 
testimonial  to  his  character  is  that  in  a  residence  of 
forty-two  years  his  energy  and  integrity  have  stood 
unimpeached,  while  to-day  he  retains  the  confidence 
and  esteem  of  the  entire  community. 


HISTORY   OF   QUINCy.  171 

WHOLESALE  GROCEEY  TEADE. 

^o  branch  of  business  in  Quincy  has  flourished  more 
successfully  or  increased  with  greater  rapidity  than  the 
AYholesale  Grocery  Trade.  A  few  years  only  have 
elapsed  since  the  Wholesale  Grocery  establishments  of 
our  city  numbered  only  two,  whose  annual  sales  did 
not  aggregate  a  quarter  of  a  million  dollars.  The  sta- 
tistics of  this  year's  business  shows  the  aggregate  sales 
of  Groceries  by  our  Wholesale  Houses,  to  have  averaged 
$230,0a0  per  month  or  $2,7G0,000  for  the  year  just  clos- 
ing; nor  is  it  strange  that  the  sales  have  become  so  large. 
There  is  no  good  reason  why  Quincy  should  not  supply 
a  large  region  of  Western  Illinois,  ISTorth  Missouri, 
Southern  Iowa  and  Kansas  with  Groceries.  Our  mer- 
chants purchase  their  stocks  in  the  East  to  as  good  ad- 
vantage as  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  houses;  freights  to 
Quincy  are  as  cheap  as  to  either  of  the  aboved  named 
places;  expenses  incident  to  business  are  much  smaller 
here,  and  our  merchants  are  consequently  able  to  sell 
for  a  smaller  margin,  and  therefore,  to  the  advantage 
of  merchants  in  the  interior.  To  merchants  West  of 
the  Mississippi,  Quincy  presents  many  advantages  as  a 
Wholesale  mart.  The  item  of  freight  deserves  atten- 
tion, and  the  amount  saved  (in  that  particular)  to  mer- 
chants in  the  West  purchasing  here  instead  of  Chicago 
or  St.  Louis,  is  by  no  means  inconsiderable.  No  mark- 
et affords  finer  Groceries,  a  better  variet}'",  or  more  hon- 
orable and  liberal  dealers  than  Quincy. 

The  following  firms  are  engaged  in  this  trade,  Eud- 
dee,  Warfield  &  Meyer,  S.  E.  Soger,  Bartlett  &  Co.,  Thos. 
Austin  &  Co.,  D.  W.  Miller,  Wheeler,  Andrews  &  Co., 
and  Meyer  &  Kespohl. 


172  HISTORY   OP   QUINCY. 


eq^.  ^^€m&Q^^  &mMSMiiw» 


OR,  "MEN    OF    MARK  '    IN    QUINCY. 


Of  all  the  gifted  men  -whose  master  intellects  have 
shed  an  effulgent  glow  of  greatness  upon  the  bar  of 
Quincy,  none  have  displayed  more  marked  ability  than 
the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Hon.  Jackson  Grimshaw  is  a  native  of  Pennsylvania, 
having  been  born  in  Philadelphia,  in  1823.  There  while 
attending  school  he  devoted  himself  to  the  study  of 
engineering,  and  at  the  age  of  seventeen  was  employed 
as  a  civil  engineer  on  the  New  York  &  Erie  Eailroad. 
He  continued  at  this  for  five  years,  when  he  removed 
to  Pike  County,  Illinois,  and  there  began  the  practice 
of  law.  Meeting  with  success  in  this,  he  continued  to 
practice  uninterruptedly  in  Pike  County  for  fourteen 
years,  at  the  expiration  of  which  time  he  removed  to 
Quincy,  and  here  associated  with  the  late  Archibald 
Williams,  With  Judge  Williams  he  continued  as  a 
partner  until  death  dissolved  the  firm,  and  robbed  our 
bar  of  one  of  its  brightest  ornaments.  The  history  of 
the  firm  of  Williams  &  Grimshaw  daring  its  existence, 
forms  a  bright  page  in  Illinois  jurisprudence,  the  firm 
figuring  in  many  of  the   celebrated   cases   then   before 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCy.  173 

oar  State  Courts,  and  successfully  contending  with  the 
greatest  legal  talent  of  the  country. 

While  a  member  of  this  firm  in  1856,  Mr.  Grimshaw 
was  nominated  by  the  Eepublican  party  for  Congress  from 
the  Quincy  district,  but  the  democracy  being  in  the 
ascendant  he  met  with  defeat. 

Since  then  he  has  been  urged  at  various  times  for  ex- 
alted political  position,  but  has  steadily  declined  to  en- 
ter the  political  arena  as  a  candidate.  On  the  death  of 
Judge  Williams  he  continued  the  practice  of  law,  asso- 
ciating with  him  Mr.  John  II.  Williams,  son  of  his  former 
partner.  In  1865,  being  appointed  Collector  of  Internal 
Kevenue  for  the  4th  district  of  Illinois  by  President 
Lincoln,  he  partially  retired  from  the  practice  of  law, 
but  on  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office  in  1869,  again 
resumed  the  practice  of  the  same. 

Full  of  life  and  energy,  possessed  of  ripe  judgment 
and  rare  ability.  Col.  Grimshaw  is  just  in  the  noon-day 
of  success  at  the  bar,  with  years  of  usefulness  and  emi- 
nence before  him.  A  man  of  warm  impulses  and  genial 
manners,  his  friends  are  to  be  found  in  every  section  of 
the  State,  while  in  Quincy  none  outrank  him  in  public 
esteem. 


174  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 


WHOLESALE  HAED\YARE  AND  IRON. 

So  constant  has  been  the  growth  of  manufactures  in 
the  West,  and  so  increasing  is  the  demand  for  material, 
tools,  implements  and  cutlery,  that  it  has  required  no 
little  effort  upon  the  part  of  our  Hardware  and  Iron 
Merchants  to  keep  pace  with  the  onward  march  of 
trade,  yet,  notwithstanding  all  this  our  Jobbers  and 
Dealers  have  been  found  equal  to  the  emergency,  and 
their  supplies  of  Hardware  and  Iron  have  been,  at  all 
times,  equal  to  the  heavy  demand.  Not  only  have 
they  carried  the  requisite  quantity,  but  their  stocks 
have  been  so  satisfactory  and  advantageous  to  interior 
merchants  that  trade  in  this  line  has  marked  a  steady 
increase,  showing  that  the  inducements  offered  here 
have  had  the  desired  result  of  attracting  business  to 
this  mart.  St.  Louis  and  Chicago  fiind  it  up  hill  work 
to  compete  with  the  enterprising  dealers  of  Quincy  for 
the  trade  of  Missouri  and  the  country  adjacent  to  the 
Mississippi  river,  above  and  below  this  point.  This 
year  will  undoubtedly  mark  a  new  era  in  the  Hardware 
and  Iron  business,  as  trade  has  increased  to  such  dimen- 
sions that  competition  is  crowding  in,  new  houses  are 
being  established,  enterprise  is  more  active,  and  goods 
are  being  marked  lower  and  lower  to  prepare  for  the 
opening  year.  Come  what  may  the  year  1870  promises 
to  be  an  active  one  in  this  department  of  business  and 
our  merchaats  are  strainino;  their  enero;ies  for  the  work. 
The  sales  for  the  year  just  closed  foot  up  a  handsome 
total,  but  another  year,  we  doubt  not,  will  show  a 
marked  advance, 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  175 

Sales  per  month  average  $G4,000  or  $768,000  for  the 
year.  The  firms  arc  Bertschinger  &  Steinewedell, 
Gardner  &  Eobcrtson,  Geo.  Ant.  Roberts,  J.  T.  Lemley, 
S.  JonaSj  G.  J.  CottrcU,  and  II.  &  J.  II.  Tenk. 


WHOLESALE  DRUGS. 

The  supply  of  drugs,  medicines  &c.,  carried  by  the 
jobbers  of  Quincy  is  unequaled  in  quantit}^  and  quality 
by  any  city  of  its  size  in  the  Union,  and  we  do  not  hes- 
itate to  say  that  we  have  houses  whose  stocks  equal 
the  most  extensive  establishments  of  Chicago  or  St. 
Louis.  Their  stocks  are  not  only  large,  but  are  justified 
by  the  demand,  and  the  amount  of  goods  shipped  from 
this  market  indicates  a  healthy  and  growing  trade. — 
Our  jobbers  possess  the  energy,  enterprise  and  capital 
to  win  success,  and  druggists  and  dealers  in  Illinois, 
Missouri  and  Iowa  who  have  not  tried  this  market  will 
do  well  to  give  this  city  a  call  and  satisfy  themselves  of 
the  many  advantages  it  ofters  over  other  points.  We 
deem  it  unnecessary  to  further  urge  the  claims  of  Quin- 
cy drug  houses  to  the  trade  adjacent  and  west  of  here, 
as  we  are  well  satisfied  that  the  quality  of  their  goods, 
and  the  prices  at  which  they  sell,  arc  the  advertising 
cards  upon  which  they  principally  rely  for  patronage. 
The  sales  of  drugs  during  the  year  averaged  $108,750 
per  month,  and  aggregate  $1,305,000  for  the  year. 

The  following  are  the  firms  engaged  in  the  trade  : — 
Montgomery  &  Co.,  Rogers  &  Malone,  Brink  &  Thiene- 
man,  W.  II.  Alexander  &  Co.,  Schultheis  Bros.,  and 
Geo.  A.  Miller. 


176  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

dLSQ  SQMMEW»  Lm^si^G  Mssasd^xr, 

OR    "MEN    OF    mark"    IN    QUINCY. 


Of  the  many  German  citizens  who  have  achieved  suc- 
cess and  accumulated  wealth  by  their  industry  and  en- 
ergy in  Quincy,  none  contributed  more  largely  to  ad- 
vance the  city  in  commerce,  wealth  and  power  than 
Aldo  Sommer,  Esq.,  now  of  the  extensive  wholesale 
drug  house  of  Montgomery  &  Co. 

Emigrating  to  this  country  in  1849,  then  only  eight- 
een years  of  age,  after  considerable  experience  in  busi- 
ness elsewhere,  he  came  to  Quincy  in  1857,  and  engag- 
ed in  the  drug  business.  He  commenced  as  one  of  the 
firm  of  F.  Flachs  &  Co.,  and  in  1860  succeeded  to  the 
exclusive  control  of  the  business.  In  1861r,  in  connec- 
tion with  Wm.  Metz,  he  established  the  firm  of  Sommer 
&  Metz,  and  opened  an  extensive  wholesale  and  retail 
drug  house.  Selling  out  this  business  in  1869,  the  same 
year  he  entered  the  firm  of  Montgomery  &  Co.,  whole- 
sale druggists,  as  a  partner.  This  firm  carries  a  stock 
equal  in  quantity  and  quality  to  any  St.  Louis  or  Chi- 
cago houses,  and  does  an  extensive  business.  Besides 
his  experience  in  the  drug  business  Mr.  Sommer  has 
been  engaged  in  the  nursery  business  since  1862,  as  one 
of  the  firm  of  Hargis  &  Sommer.  He  has  also  contrib- 
uted largely  to  the  material  wealth  and  beauty  of  Quin- 
cy by  erecting  many  handsome  business  structures  and 
comfortable  residences,  and  has  in  every  sense  of  the 
word  proven  a  valuable  and  enterprising  citizen. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  177 


WHOLESALE  BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 

The  trade  in  boots  and  shoes  at  this  point  is  extensive, 
and  large  stocks  are  sold  and  shipped  annually.  Our 
boot  and  shoe  establishments  are  of  the  very  first  order, 
carrying  large  amounts  of  goods,  and  conducted  by 
men  whom  a  lifetime's  experience  has  thoroughly  post- 
ed in  the  trade.  'Energetic,  enterprising  and  liberal,  we 
venture  nothing  in  saying  that  they  sell  at  as  low  rates 
as  any  merchants  in  the  west.  Interior  merchants  are 
fast  realizing  the  advantage  of  supplying  themselves 
from  this  mart,  and  a  comparison  of  Quincy's  bills  with 
those  of  Chicago  or  St.  Louis,  will  convince  the  most 
skeptical  that  we  hold  over  both  the  above  cities  as  a 
base  of  supply  for  Western  Illinois,  North  Missouri, 
Southern  Iowa  and  Kansas,  It  requires  little  consider- 
ation to  discover  the  advantages  we  possess  in  freights, 
rents,  expenses  of  business,  &c.,  over  these  points. 

Sales  of  boots  and  shoes  for  1869,  averaged  $80,000 
per  month,  or  $960,000  for  the  year.  The  firms  engag- 
ed in  this  trade  are  : — Kingsbury  Bros.,  A.  S.  Coburn, 
Cha8.Brown,jr.,  &Co.,  F.  Wilms,  Wentworth  &  Co., 
Eosenheim  &  Stern,  and  I.  Benjamin. 

12 


178  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 


^,  B.  MiM^&BWBV»  Lmssi^G  Meb^bm^t. 


OR,    "  MEN    OF    MARK  "    IN    QUINCY. 


Prominent  among  those  who  early  embarked  in  the 
wholesale  trade  in  Quincy,  and  labored  to  establish  it 
upon  a  permanent  basis,  stands  the  subject  of  this 
sketch. 

Born  in  Massachusetts,  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  Mr. 
Kingsbury  migrated  west  and  located  in  Quincy. — 
Here  he  entered  the  boot  and  shoe  house  of  E.  K.  Stone, 
and  at  the  expiration  of  three  years  was  admitted  as  a 
member  of  the  firm.  The  house  was  then  doing  a 
wholesale  and  retail  business  in  boots  and  shoes,  and  in 
1864,  Mr.  Kingsbury  purchasing  the  interest  of  his 
partner,  established  the  firm  of  Kingsbury  Bros.  Con- 
tinuing at  the  old  business  and  old  stand  until  1865, 
this  firm  then  sold  out,  and  locating  in  new  quarters, 
on  the  west  side  of  the  square,  opened  an  exclusive 
wholesale  boot  and  shoe  house.  The  first  exclusive 
wholesale  house  in  this  line  established  in  Quincy,  it  has 
been  instrumental  in  building  up  the  jobbing  trade  of 
our  city,  and  has  met  with  flattering  success. 

In  addition  to  being  one  of  the  most  thorough  of  our 
business  men,  Mr.  Kingsbury  is  also  noted  for  his  en- 
terprise and  liberality,  which  with  his  long  experience 
in  western  trade  are  sure  guarantees  of  a  successful  ca- 
reer in  the  department  in  which  he  is  engaged. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  17S> 


BOOKS  AND  STATIONERY. 

The  progress  of  civilization  and  the  advancement  of 
people  in  arts  and  sciences,  bring  with  them  necessarily 
a  demand  for  books,  papers,  and  periodicals,  the  great 
sources  of  information  and  the  implements  that  perform 
a  noble  work  in  the  culture  of  the  human  mind.  It  has 
been  well  said  that  the  only  solution  to  the  social  prob- 
lem, is  universal  enlightenment,  and  this  being  the  case, 
it  speaks  volumes  for  the  character  of  our  population  to 
state  that  our  numerous  book  and  stationery  houses  find 
a  sustaining  element  in  the  west  "where  the  sun  never 
rises."  The  demand  for  books  and  stationery  is  con- 
stant and  increasing,  but  the  supply  in  quantity,  quali- 
ty and  variety  has  been  equally  large.  We  have  a  bind- 
ery turning  out  work  equal  in  style  and  finish  to  any 
establishment  in  the  country.  The  sales  of  books  and 
stationery  amount  to  $19,070  per  month,  or  6228,840 
per  year. 

Dayton  &  Arthur,  O.  W.  Brooker,  J.  R.  Skinner, 
Herald  Printing  Co.,  F.  E.  Doyen,  G.  A.Miller,  E.Long, 
Woodruff  &  Pfeiffcr,  and  Bcnning  &  Oenning  are  en- 
gaged in  this  trade. 


180  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 


S.  P*  m^ETIoETTt,  J^m^m^G  ti£ssasd^vw» 


OR,    "  MEN    OF    MARK  '     IN    QUINCY. 


The  subject  of  this  sketch,  although  one  of  the  young- 
est of  our  business  men,  ranks  as  one  of  the  shrewdest 
and  most  sagacious  merchants  of  Quincy,  on  account  of 
his  thorough  business  tact,  untiring  energy  and  wonder- 
ful enterprise. 

S.  P.  Bartlett  is  a  native  of  Quincy,  being  born  here 
in  1840.  At  an  early  age  his  business  career  began, 
and  at  seventeen  we  find  him  clerking  in  the  store  of 
J.  M.  Smith.  Subsequently  he  was  also  employed  in 
the  same  capacity  at  different  periods  by  James  Lowe, 
S.  Lesem,  and  S.  A.  Brittingham.  In  1861,  tiring  of 
working  for  others,  he  resolved  to  embark  for  himself, 
and  opened  a  warehouse  for  the  purchase  and  sale  of 
grain.  Finding  this  rather  discouraging  he  speedily 
retired  from  the  field,  doing  very  little  until  1865,  when 
he  was  employed  in  the  Provost  Marshal's  office.  In 
1866  he  again  resumed  business  for  himself,  buying  out 
the  grocery  house  of  S.  A.  Brittingham,  on  Hampshire 
street.  From  that  time  to  this  success  has  attended 
him  in  every  form,  and  his  house  has  prospered  to  a 
degree  almost  unprecedented.  The  past  year,  so  vast- 
ly had  his  business  increased,  that  he  found  it  necessary 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  181 

to  obtain  more  commodious  quarters,  and  with  this  ob- 
ject in  view  he  took  possession  last  August  of  the  mag- 
nificent store  erected  by  Mr.  McBane,  on  Hampshire 
street,  between  Third  and  Fourth.  Here,  associating 
with  him  Walter  N.  Colburn,  he  opened  the  extensive 
house  of  Bartlett  &  Co.,  which  has  since  achieved  a  rep- 
utation for  enterprise  and  activity,  seldom  if  ever  enjoy- 
ed by  any  Quincy  firm. 

Both  men  of  thorough  business  qualifications  and 
sterling  integrity,  with  the  enterprise  for  which  they 
are  proverbial,  the  firm  of  Bartlett  &  Co.  is  destined  to 
a  long  term  of  uninterrupted  prosperity. 


182  ^  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 


WHOLESALE  HATS  AND  CAPS. 

In  the  hat  and  cap  trade  we  have  both  dealers  and 
manufacturers  with  stocks  unsurpassed  by  any  city. — 
Furs,  gloves  and  umbrellas  are  embraced  in  this  line, 
and  fine  stocks  are  supplied  to  the  city  and  country 
trade,  and  at  the  very  lowest  rates.  Merchants  in  this 
department  have  equal  advantages  with  others,  and  do 
a  handsome  business. 

Sales  amount  to  827,500  per  month,  or  §330,000  for 
the  year.  Wholesale  firms  are  : — G.  J.  Laage,  Wood 
Bros.,  and  Eeis  Bros. 


WHOLESALE  MILLINERY. 

Reports  of  sales  in  millinery  goods  show  an  aggregate 
of  $128,000  for  the  year.  Large  stocks  in  this  line  are 
held  by  dealers  here,  and  interior  dealers  consult  their 
interests  by  patronizing  them. 

The  followino'  firms  are  en2:a2:ed  in  this  line  of  busi- 
ness: — W.  0.  Gallaway  &  Co.,  J.  Merrilies,  and  M. 
Jackson. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  183 

OR     "MEN     OF     mark"    IN    QUINCY. 


While  Quincy  has  had  many  successful  hotel  keepers, 
and  has  supplied  one  or  two  larg'e  cities  Avith  their 
most  popular  landlords,  she  has  never  had  one  who 
combined  in  a  ^-reater  deciree  the  elements  for  a  sue- 
cessful  landlord  than  the  subject  of  this  brief  sketch. 

Louis  Miller,  present  proprietor  of  the  famous  Tre- 
montllouse  in  this  city,  is  a  native  of  Holland,  from 
whence  he  emio;rated  in  1853  to  America,  locating-  at 
St.  Charles,  Mo.,  and  establishing  a  house  for  the  sale 
of  millinery  goods.  Attending  closely  to  business,  and 
displaying  a  liberal  degree  of  enterprise,  he  soon  suc- 
ceeded in  building  up  a  fine  trade,  which  he  however 
gave  up  in  1860,  in  order  to  open  on  a  more  extensive 
scale  in  Quincy.  Here  his  success  was  more  flattering 
than  ever,  and  he  continued  prosperously  in  his  old 
business  until  1864,  when  he  purchased  the  furniture 
and  secured  a  lease  of  the  Tremont  House. 

Since  taking  possession  of  this  hotel,  Mr.  Miller  has 
succeeded  by  his  enterprise  and  energy  in  making  it 
one  of  the  first  houses  in  the  west.  Aiming  at  all  times 
to  accommodate  and  please,  his  house  is  made  a  home 
of  luxury  and  ease  for  the  traveling  public,  and  few  ho- 
tel men  enjoy  as  enviable  a  reputation,  or  can  count  as 
many  friends  as  Louis  Miller.  At  present  the  *'  Tre- 
mont "  is  one  of  the  famous  institutions  of  our  State, 
made  so  by  his  genial  manners,  untiring  energy  and 
unbounded  enterprise. 


184  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 


WHOLESALE  CHINA,  GLASS,  &c. 

Iq  this,  as  in  other  de2:»artments  of  business,  we  have 
live,  active  and  thorough  business  men.  One  or  two 
import  directly  from  Europe,  and  every  variety  of  goods 
known  to  their  line  of  trade  can  be  purchased  here 
cheaper  than  in  Chicago.  In  fact  Chicago  and  St.  Louis 
bills  are  discounted  5  per  cent.,  and  if  interior  mer- 
chants ask  for  more  liberal  traders  than  these  they  are 
difficult  to  please.  Sales  per  month,  §11,500,  aggregate 
per  year,  8138,000. 

The  firms  in  this  line  are  : — O.  B.  Barton,  Gerry  & 
Maefall,  H.  Bidder  &  Co.,  H.  Rensch,  C.  Goodman  & 
Bro.,  and  A  Gatchell. 


AGKICLLTUEAL  IMPLEMENTS. 

In  addition  to  manufacturing  agricultural  imple- 
ments on  a  large  scale,  we  have  several  firms  here  who 
sell  extensively  machines  and  implements  manufactured 
elsewhere.  These  firms  are  T.  Butterworth,  Poj^e  & 
Baldwin,  J.  M.  Smith,  and  G.  W.  Moulton  &  Co. 

There  sales  for  1869  amounted  to  8430,000. 


HISTORY    OP   QUINOY.  185 


WJt,  S.  ii^'DREWS,  Lss&i^e  J(iss^s;S^r» 


OR    "MEN    OF    MARK       IN    QUINCY 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  during  his  residence  in 
Quincy  has  passed  through  an  uninterrupted  career  of 
success  in  business. 

William  33.  Andrews  is  a  native  of  Connecticut,  where 
he  was  born  in  1830.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  he  em- 
igrated to  California,  and  there  engaged  in  the  mercan- 
tile and  mining  business.  After  three  years  experience 
on  the  Pacific  slope  he  returned  to  his  native  State  in 
1855,  and  soon  after  entered  the  wholesale  dry  goods 
house  of  Geo.  Bliss  &  Co.,  New  York  City,  as  a  sales- 
man. Remaining  with  this  firm  two  years,  at  the  ex- 
piration of  that  time  he  embarked  in  the  dry  goods 
business  for  himself,  at  his  old  home,  Winstead,  Conn. 
Here  he  continued  until  1863,  when  he  came  to  Quincy, 
and  associating  with  him  Samuel  Bruckman,  establish- 
ed the  extensive  dry  goods  house  which  was  managed 
and  conducted  with  flattering  succees  by  the  firm  of 
Bruckman  &  Andrews. 

This  firm  closing  out  its  business  in  the  spring  of 
1866,  in  the  following  July  Mr.  Andrews  associating 
with  him  Mr.  J.  F.  Wheeler,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Wheeler  &  Andrews,  engaged  extensively  in  tlie  whole- 


186  HISTORY   OF    QUINCY. 

sale  and  retail  grocery  business.  The  past  year  they 
took  in  a  third  partner  in  the  person  of  Ed  E.  Manson, 
and  the  i^resent  style  of  the  firm  is  \yheeler,  Andrews 
&  Co.  Since  its  establishment  this  house  has  prosper- 
ed to  an  extent  far  beyond  the  anticipations  of  the 
firm,  and  its  business  has  annually  met  with  a  largo 
increase. 

Much  of  this  prosperity  is  due  to  Mr.  Andrews,  who 
in  addition  to  being  one  of  our  shrewdest  and  most  ex- 
perienced business  men,  has  a  reputation  of  buying  to 
rare  advantage.  Already  doing  a  heavy  jobbing  bus- 
iness, the  firm  is  destined  in  this  respect  to  rank  at  an 
early  day  with  the  exclusive  wholesale  houses  of  Quin- 
cy  in  the  amount  of  goods  sold. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  187 


WHOLESALE  CLOTniXG. 

We  have  at  this  point  soino  of  the  most  extensive 
clothing  houses  in  the  west,  and  have  merchants  who 
have  been  engaged  in  the  business  here  for  a  score  of 
years.  Liberal  and  active  business  men,  they  have  met 
with  merited  success,  and  carry  immense  stoclis  with 
which  to  supply  the  trade.  Their  goods  are  of  the 
best  quality  and  sold  at  living  prices.  Sales  in  clothing 
for  18G9  averaged  §31,000  per  month,  and  aggregate 
§372,000. 

The  following  firms  are  engaged  in  this  department 
of  trade  : — J.  D.  Levy,  Bro.  &  Co.,  Meyer  &  Whitehead, 
M.  Jacobs,  J.  Parkhurst,  Powers  &  Finlay,  D.  Hermann, 
M.  -Rau,  and  Eoscnheim  &  Stern. 


WHOLESALE  CAKPETS. 

Two  firms  make  carpets  a  specialty,  and  keep  con- 
stantly on  hand  large  stocks  in  this  line.  All  grades  of 
goods  known  to  the  trade  are  sold  by  these  houses,  and 
they  offer  inducementc  in  prices  not  afforded  by  Chica- 
go or  St.  Louis. 

These  firms  are  W.  H.  Johnson  &  Co.,  and  Bert  & 
Hill.     Their  sales  for  1869  aggregated  §25*0,000. 


188  HISTORY   OF    QUINCT. 


MM^MT  ^L&E^»  Ms^Bi^a  MA^t^iPSOTirsBEt 


iC    UTTI^XT        rST^        HT    *T>Tr     " 


OR,    ''MEN    OF    MARK       IN    QUINCY. 


While  this  work  contains  a  brief  record  of  the  achieve- 
ments of  many  of  our  most  vahiable  and  enterprising 
citizens,  none  whose  names  are  mentioned  take  prece- 
dence for  public  spirit  and  enterprise  before  Henry  Al- 
len, Esq. 

A  native  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  when  only 
twenty-two  years  old  he  embarked  in  the  grocery  trade 
in  Quincy,  locating  in  what  was  then  known  as  the 
Kelly  Building,  the  same  now  occupied  by  Dimock  & 
Hilborn,  corner  5th  and  Maine  streets.  Here  he  con- 
tinued to  do  an  extensive  business,  and  in  1849  took  in 
as  a  partner  James  T.  Baker,  the  firm  name  then  being 
Allen  &  Baker.  In  the  fall  of  1852,  desiring  to  embark 
in  a  business  less  confining,  Mr.  Allen  sold  his  interest 
to  Mr.  Baker,  and  engaged  in  purchasing,  selling  and 
shipping  hay,  grain  &c.  The  same  year  in  connection 
with  Joseph  G.  liowland  and  Charles  Howland,  he 
built  the  extensive  planing  mill,  and  sash  and  door  fac- 
tory corner  9th  and  Hampshire  streets.  This  he  con- 
tinued to  run  as  the  senior  and  managing  partner,  until 
1857,  when  the  crisis  putting  a  stop  to  improvements, 
he  sold  out  his  interest,  and  the  following  year  associat- 
ed with  Mes&rs.  H.  Y.  Sullivan  and  T.  Owens,  in  the 
purchase  of  the  City  Flouring  Mills.     Subsequently  he 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  189 

bought  out  both  his  partners,  and  in  18G6  sold  the  n\ill 
to  Mr.  Henry  Whitmore  of  St.  Louis.  In  1867-8  ho 
engaged  successfully  in  pork  packing,  and  in  the  latter 
year,  with  Mr.  Whycrs,  an  old  employee  and  experi- 
enced miller,  purchased  the  Centre  Mills,  Avhich  they 
enlarged  and  refitted,  and  where  they  are  now  actively 
eno-asred  in  the  manufiicture  of  flour.  In  18G7-8  Mr. 
Allen  also  engaged  in  pork  packing  with  11.  S.  Osborn, 
Esq.,  but  since  then  has  confined  his  operations  to  flour. 

In  enterprises  of  a  yjublic  character  ]\Lr.  Allen  has 
been  among  the  foremost  of  our  leading  citizens,  taking 
an  active  part  in  the  building  of  the  Opera  House, 
Adams  County  Fair  Grounds  and  Skating  Eink  and 
also  in  the  establishment  of  the  Quincy  &  St.  Louis 
Packet  Company,  &c.  To  all  of  these  he  contributed 
liberally  from  his  means,  while  at  the  same  time  he  has 
also  aided  munificently  the  educational  and  religious 
interests  of  Quincy. 

Agreeable  and  unassuming  in  his  manners,  straight- 
forward and  upright  in  business,  and  a  polished  and 
christian  gentleman,  Mr.  Allen  is  esteemed  and  admired 
by  the  entire  community. 


190  HISTORY   OF    QUINCY. 


COAL. 

It  requires  but  a  glance  at  our  enormous  and  exten- 
sive manufactories  to  ascertain  that  a  large  amount  of 
cjal  is  annually  consumed  here.  This  is  brought  here 
by  the  railroads  entering  the  city  from  adjoining  coun- 
ties, and  is  furnished  in  abundance  at  reasonable  rates. 

The  following  firms  supply  the  city : — Morris  & 
Burns,  J.  B.  Parish,  and  F.  Kreismann.  Their  aggre- 
gate sales  in  1869  amounted  to  §319,560.00. 


COAL  OIL. 

H.  A.  Williamson  is  the  only  exclusive  wholesale  deal- 
er in  coal  oil,  of  which  he  sells  annually  a  large  amount, 


FISH  MAEKETS. 

Fresh  fish  from  the  Mississippi  Elver  and  tributary 
streams  is  supplied  the  year  round  by  the  following 
dealers : — G-.  H.  Hellman,  Jenks  &  Curtis,  J.  Piatt  & 
Bro.,  Scott  &  Dervine,  and  Scott,  Jenks  &  Co. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  191 


C^aj&.  J^QSEFS  &.  UQWL^^D^ 


OR    "MEN    OF    MARK      IN    QUINCY. 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  in  a  residence  of  nearly 
twenty-four  years  in  Quincy,  has  been  largely  instru- 
mental in  promoting  its  advancements. 

Joseph  G.  Rowland  was  born  in  Wilmington,  Dela- 
ware, in  1830.  After  receiving  his  education  at  Phila- 
delphia, and  when  only  sixteen  years  of  age  he  migrat- 
ed to  Quincy,  locating  here  in  1846.  Studying  medicine, 
he  graduated  in  1852,  but  did  not  devote  himself  to  the 
profession,  preferring  to  engage  in  manufacturing. 

In  1854,  in  connection  with  Henry  Allen  and  the  lato 
Chas.  Ilowland,  sr.,  he  built  the  planing  mill  on  Ninth 
and  Hampshire  streets,  but  in  185G  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  business,  at  which  he  continued  until  the  break- 
ing out  of  the  war. 

On  the  20th  of  April,  1861,  he  enlisted  in  the  three 
months  service,  and  was  commissioned  Adjutant  of  the 
10th  regiment  Illinois  infantry.  Itc-enlisting  for  three 
years  in  July,  1861,  he  continued  as  adjutant  of  his 
regiment  until  February,  1862,  when  he  was  promoted 
to  the  position  of  Major.  Tendering  his  resignation  in 
June  of  the  same  year,  pending  its  acceptance  ho   was 


192  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 

promoted  to  Lieutenant-Colonel,  but  did  not  remain  in 
the  service. 

Beturning  to  Quincy  and  resuming  business,  in  1868 
he  was  elected  to  the  City  Council  from  the  6th  Ward, 
and  while  in  that  body  was  indefatigable  in  his  efforts 
to  relieve  the  city  from  its  financial  embarassments  and 
to  introduce  reforms  in  the  municipal  government.  It 
is  due  to  him  to  say  that  the  city  never  had  a  more 
faithful,  energetic  and  competent  officer. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  10 


FLOUE  AND  FEED. 


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The  following  firms  are  engaged  in  the  flour  and  feed 
business,  and  have  commodious  warehouses,  where  they 
keep  a  constant  supply  for  the  trade  : — J.  W.  Bass,  jr., 
&  Co.,  E.  C.  Coles,  Dennis  &  Bro.,  John  G.  Nay  lor, 
Dix  &  Ehrgott,  AV.  IL  Doyle,  J.  G.  Lee  &  Co.,  James 
Purnell,  O.  Thom,  and  W.  Wrightmire. 


FOEWAEDING  &  COMMISSION. 

We  have  in  our  city  two  extensive  commission  hous- 
es, managed  by  reliable  and  honorable  business  men, 
who  annually  do  a  large  business  in  forwarding  and 
selling  goods  shipped  by  river  and  rail. 

These  firms  are  F.  II.  Aldrich,  and  Schermerhorn  & 
Bro. 


WHOLESALE  FUENITUEK. 

Two  firms  do  an  extensive  business  in  this  line,  ship- 
ping furniture  to  all  points  west  of  the  Mississi2:>pi  river, 
and  also  into  the  interior  of  Illinois.  These  firms  keep 
constantly  in  their  mammoth  ware  rooms  large  stocks 
of  furniture,  manufactured  in  the  most  workmanlike 
manner,  and  after  the  most  approved  style.  They  sell 
cheaper  than  eastern  houses,  and  hence  have  built  up 
a  fine  trade.  These  firms  are  : — Spiegel,  Thorns  &  Co., 
and  F.  W.  Jan  sen  &  Son.  Their  sales  for  18G9  amount- 
ed to  $270,000. 

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194  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY 


BdMii'mL,  M,  BEGEE»  UsdBi.vG  ^ImsQSA.y^T, 


OR,    "  MEN    OF    MARK  "    IN    QUINCY. 


Among  the  merchants  of  Quincy  who  have  achieved 
success  in  business,  none  have  labored  more  persistent- 
ly and  with  greater  determination  than  Samuel  E.  Se- 
ger,  at  present  a  leading  wholesale  grocer. 

A  native  of  N'ew  York,  Mr.  Seger  at  an  early  age  de- 
termined to  try  his  fortunes  with  the  young  and  grow- 
ing west.  Arriving  in  Quincy  in  1852,  he  at  once  ob- 
tained employment  in  a  grocery  house  as  clerk,  and 
continued  there  until  1857,  when  with  a  small  stock  he 
embarked  in  the  retail  grocery  trade.  Attentive  to 
business,  prudent  and  industrious,  it  was  not  strange 
that  prosperity  favored  him,  and  we  soon  find  him  in 
one  of  the  largest  houses  of  the  city,  with  a  mammoth 
stock  of  groceries,  and  an  extensive  wholesale  and  re- 
tail trade.  This  trade  he  retains  to-day,  and  after  a 
long  business  career  in  Quincy,  ranks  second  to  none  of 
her  citizens  as  a  man  of  integrity  and  honor. 

Also  one  of  the  most  active  and  zealous  of  our  citi- 
zens in  organizing  and  perfecting  the  fire  department 
of  Quincy,  he  devoted  time,  money'  and  labor   lavishly 

to  that  laudable  work. 

Quiet  and  retired  in  his  manners,  of  easy  and  afi'able 

address,  ]\Ir.  Seger  is  thoroughly  a  business  man,  and 
finds  himself  in  his  proper  element  directing  and  man- 
aging the  affairs  of  his  extensive  grocery  house. 


HISTORY   OF    QUINCY.  195 


GEAIN. 

The  purchase  and  shipment  of  grain  is  a  business 
that  constantly  employ's  a  large  amount  of  capital  in 
Quincy.  The  following  firms  are  engaged  in  this  line  : 
J.  Q.  Adams  &  Co.,  F.  Bernbrock,  Bernbrock  &  Eeichl, 
J.  Burns,  jr.,  C.  Kathmann  &  Co.,  R.  Hutmacher,  J.  G. 
Lee  &  Co.,  Schermerhorn  &  Bro.,  and  J.  M.  Wilson. 


HIDES,  FURS,  WOOL,  &c. 

A  number  of  enterprising  firms  are  engaged  here  in 
the  purchase  of  hides,  furs,  and  wool,  which  are  receiv- 
ed and  shipped  in  large  quantities  annually.  In  this 
line  a  great  deal  of  enterprise  has  been  displayed  in  the 
past  few  years,  and  the  trade  has  grown  to  be  an  im- 
portant item  in  our  commerce. 

The  firms  are  : — Gurley,  Pratt  &  Collins,  Z.  Ilirsch 
<fe  Co.,  Z.  Hirsch,  jr.,  J.  Jonas  &  Co.,  C.  A.  Furche,  E. 
Kling,  Schott  c^  Bro.,  II.  Steinkamp,  II.  Swimmer,  and 
G.  A^assen. 


WHOLESALE  LEATHER.    • 

Five  establishments  deal  extensively  in  leather,  sup- 
plying the  local  trade  and  also  shipping  to  points  in  the 
interior  of  Illinois  and  west  of  the  Mississippi.  The 
firms  are:  S.  L.  Taylor,  Boon  &  Tillson,  Schott  &  Bro., 
C.  Sellner,  and  A.  Seyd. 


196  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 


GMtr.  B.  M.  PRE^'T£BB» 


OR,  "MEN    OF    mark'     IN    QUINCY. 


Of  those  who  entered  the  army  during  the  late  war^ 
none  figured  more  prominently  and  usefully  in  its  early 
stages  than  Gen.  B.  M.  Prentiss,  of  this  city,  of  whom 
we  are  about  to  write. 

Gen.  Prentiss  was  born  in  Wood  County,  Yirginia, 
in  1819.  Migrating  west  from  there  in  1836,  he  located 
in  Marion  Co.  Mo.,  and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
cordage.  In  the  spring  of  1841  he  came  to  Quincy  and 
established  himself  in  the  same  business,  being  associat- 
ed with  his  father.  At  this  he  continued  until  1817, 
when  he  commenced  the  study  of  law,  studying  for  five 
years.  He  did  not  practice  the  profession  until  the 
close  of  the  late  war. 

Durino;  the  Mormon  excitement  in  this  section  he 
was  in  the  service  of  the  State,  and  at  the  opening  of 
the  Mexican  war  was  appointed  Adjutant  of  the  lament- 
ed Hardin's  regiment  raised  here,  and  called  the  1st 
Illinois  infantry.  With  this  regiment  he  served  through 
the  entire  war,  returning  to  Quincy  at  its  close.  In 
April,  1861,  upon  the  first  call  of  President  Lincoln  for 
75,000  troops,  Gen.  Prentiss  at  once  raised  a  company, 
was  elected  Captain,  and  soon  after  appointed  Colonel 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  197 

of  the  10th  Illinois  infantry,  and  ordered  to  Cairo.  The 
latter  point  was  then  the  rendezvous  for   most   of  the 
western  troops,  and  he  was  placed  in  command    of  the 
post.     From  there  he  was  ordered  by  Gen.  Fremont  to 
Jefferson  City,  Mo.,  to  take  command  of  all  north  and 
central  Missouri.     Subsequently   being  ordered  to  the 
field  by  Gen.  Ilalleck,  he  proceeded  to  Pittsburg  Land- 
ing, where  he  arrived  April  1st,  and  organized  and  took 
command  of  the  Sixth  Division.     On    the   morning   of 
the  6th  his  command  was  attacked  by  a- superior  force 
of  the  enemy,  against  which  he  contended   the   entire 
day,  being  overwhelmed  and  captured  in  the  evening. 
He  remained  a  prisoner  for  six  months,    during   which 
time  he  was  confined  at  Talledega,  Selma,  Madison  and 
Libby  prisons.     An  exchange  of  prisoners  being  effect- 
ed he  visited  Washington,  and  was  granted  a  leave  of 
thirty  days,  but  before  its  expiration    was   ordered   to 
sit  on  the  court-martial  in  the  case  of  Gen.  Fitz  John 
Porter.     At  the  close  of  this  trial  he   Avas   ordered   to 
report  to  Gen  Grant  at  Milliken's  Bend,  by   whom   he 
was  assigned  the  command  of  the   eastern    district   of 
Arkansas,  with  headquarters  at  Helena.     Here  on  the 
4th  of  July,  1863,  he  commanded  the  Union   forces   in 
the  battle  of  Helena,  gaining  a  decided  victory  over  the 
enemy,  w^hose  forces  were  equal  to  four  times  his  num- 
ber.    Previous  to  this  he  had  been   promoted   for   gal- 
lantry at  Shiloh,  and   commissioned   Major   General. — 
After  the  battle  of  Helena,  he  however  deemed   it   his 
duty  to  resign  and  return  home  to  his  fiimily.     Eeturn- 
ing  here  he  commenced  to  practice  law,  and  has  devot- 
ed himself  to  that  profession  ever  since.     On  the  1st  of 
April,    1869    he    was  appointed    by   President   Grant 


198  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

Pension  Agent  for  the  4th  District  of  lUnois,  which 
position  he  fills  at  present.  Although  at  all  time& 
evincing  a  generous  public  spirit,  and  manifesting  an 
active  interest  in  Quincy's  prosperity,  he  has  in  the 
past  year  redoubled  his  exertions  to  promote  her  inter- 
ests, having  been  untiring  in  his  support  of  the  new 
railroad  projects  started  here.  An  influential  Repub- 
lican, he  has  been  frequently  urged  for  high  political 
honors  by  his  party,  but  has  of  late  declined  to  enter 
the  political  arena  as  a  candidate,  preferring  to  devote 
himself  to  his  profession,  in  which  he  has  met  with 
merited  success. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  199 


AVIIOLESALE  LIQUOES. 

The  liquor  trade  of  Qiiincy  is  carried  on  with  marked 
enterprise  and  energy,  and  no  department  of  our  whole- 
sale business  is  conducted  by  more  liberal  and  responsi- 
ble dealers.  Their  stores  are  model  establishments, 
filled  with  the  best  imported  and  domestic  wines  and 
liquors,  and  most  of  those  engaged  in  this  branch  of 
trade  being  thoroughly  versed  in  its  w^nts,  are  enabled 
to  guarantee  satisfaction.  This  trade  has  grown  to 
magnificent  proportions  of  late,  and  the  demand  upon 
our  merchants  still  increases. 

The  following  firms  are  engaged  in  this  business:  — 
Adamy  &  Levi,  Ira  N.  Malin  &  Son,  D.  W.  Miller,  H. 
Leifhelm,  John  Meyer  &  Co.,  R.  W.  Nance  &  Co.,  John 
Altmix  &  Bro.,  S.  Berger  &  Co.,  P.  W.  Hackman,  W. 
Karp,  W.  &  A.  Kolker,  Sengen,  Willi  &  Co.,  E.  Stockle 
&  Co.,  Edward  Cohn  &  Co. 


MUSICAL  GOODS. 

Musical  goods  of  every  description  are  supplied  here 
as  low  as  they  can  be  purchased  in  the  east.  Pianos, 
melodeons,  organs,  violins,  guitars,  &c.,  also  sheet  and 
bound  music  are  kept  constantl}^  on  hand  by  our  deal- 
ers, who  are  enterprising  and  liberal  merchants. 

The  firms  are:  Woodruff  &  Pfciffer,  E.  Long,  P.  E. 
Letton,  and  A.  Sumner. 


200  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

^-EWTQN'  F&^QG^  ESQ,, 

OR    "MEN    OF    mark"    IN    QUINGY. 


In  awarding  credit  to  whom  it  is  due,  Captain  New- 
ton Flagg  deserves  a  prominent  place  in  this  work,  he 
having  for  years  been  identified  with  Quincj's  prosper- 
ity, and  by  his  time  and  talents,  contributed  largely  to 
her  progress. 

Capt.  Flagg  is  a  Dative  of  Connecticut.,  having  been 
born  at  Har>;ford  in  that  State.  He  came  to  Quincy- 
while  yet  in  his  teens,  and  entered  the  store  of  Levi 
Wells  as  a  clerk.  Subsequently  he  also  clerked  for  J. 
T.  Holmes,  G.  B.  Dimock,  and  W.  D.  Skillman.  In  1842 
he  purchased  the  book  and  stationery  establishment  of 
the  latter,  and  continued  in  that  business  up  to  1850, 
when  he  disposed  of  the  same  to  J.  E.  Dayton.  The 
same  year,  associating  with  Charles  A.  Savage,  and  I. 
O.  Woodruff,  he  established  the  first  bank  in  Quincy, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Flagg  &  Savage.  This  bank  con- 
tinued in  operation  for  many  years.  With  Mr.  Savage 
he  built  in  1858  the  substantial  and  imposing  block  of 
buildings  on  the  corner  of  Maine  and  Fifth  streets,  one 
of  the  finest  business  structures  in  the  city. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  in  1861,  Capt.  Flagg 
was  appointed  Quarter  Master  of  the  post    of  Quincy, 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  201 

which  position  he  held  until  its  close,  discharging  its 
responsible  duties  with  signal  ability. 

In  November  1866,  he  was  appointed  agent  and  treas- 
urer of  the  Quincj  Railroad  Bridge  Company,  and  in 
that  position  rendered  valuable  service  in  purchasing 
supplies  and  supervising  the  voluminous  affairs  of  the 
company,  while  the  grand  structure  that  now  spans  the 
river  at  this  point  was  being  built.  On  the  completion 
of  the  bridge  he  closed  up  the  affairs  of  the  Company, 
having  paid  out  as  agent  of  the  Company  in  less  than 
two  years  $1,500,000. 

In  his  career  as  a  business  man  and  financier,  Capt. 
Flagg  has  at  all  times  had  the  confidence  and  esteem 
of  the  entire  community,  A  generous  friend  of  all  en- 
terprises of  an  educational,  charitable,  and  commercial 
character,  he  has  given  substantial  evidence  of  his 
friendship,  and  has  been  foremost  among  those  to  whom 
Quincy  is  indebted  for  her  present  pre-eminence. 


202  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 


LUMBER,  SHINGLES,  LATK,  &c. 

The  amount  of  lumber  annually  sold  in  Quincy  is 
simply  enormous,  and  instead  of  falling  off  is  constant- 
ly on  the  increase.  The  past  year,  too,  a  decided  ad- 
vantage has  been  gained  in  the  matter  of  shipping  west. 
An  extensive  lumber  yard  has  been  established  on  the 
west  bank  of  thg  river  by  Messrs.  Bradford,  McCoy  & 
Co.,  and  thus  the  toll  by  bridge  or  ferry  over  the  Mis- 
sissippi for  lumber  going  west  is  avoided,  and  saved  to 
the  purchaser.  Another  advantage  that  we  have  as  a 
lumber  market  is  that  several  of  our  dealers  have  mills 
in  the  lumber  regions  of  Wisconsin,  and  manufacture 
their  own  lumber,  thus  being  enabled  to  sell  at  the 
very  lowest  rates. 

The  following  firms  are  engaged  in  this  line  : — Brad- 
ford, McCoy  &  Co.,  D.  D.  Meriam  &  Son,  R.  McComb, 
Meisser  &  Dickhut,  Geo.  Neeves  &  Son,  YanDoorn,  Bro. 
&  Co.,  James  Arthur  &  Co.,  J.  C.  Blanchard  &  Co.,  H. 
H.  Merten. 

The  aggregate  sales  of  these  firms  for  the  year  1869 
were— lumber  23,000,000  feet,  shingles  13,000,000,  and 
lath  7,000,000. 


PAINTS,   OILS   AND   GLASS. 

This  trade  is  supplied  by  two  enterprising  firms,  who 
keep  constantly  on  hand  large  stocks  of  the  finest  and 
best  goods  sold.  The  firms  are  Letton  &  Yiberts  and 
D.  E.  Lynds. 


HISTORY   OF    QUINCY.  203 


PAPEE— FLAT,  PRINT,  &c. 

The  Herald  Printing  Company  has  an  extensive 
warehouse,  where  a  full  stock  of  paper  for  newspaper 
and  job  printing  oflSces  is  kept  constantly  on  hand. 
This  establishment  supplies  a  large  number  of  interior 
and  western  towns  with  goods  in  this  line,  and  does  an 
extensive  trade. 


SALT— WHOLESALE. 

Large  quantities  of  salt  are  annually  consumed  here, 
and  it  is  also  sold  and  shipped  in  abundance.  The  fol- 
lowing firms  supply  the  wholesale  trade — H.  A.  Wil- 
liamson, Wra.  Morris  &  Co.,  and  Gurley,  Pratt  &  Co. 


SEEDS— WHOLESALE. 

A  supply  of  all  kinds  of  field  and  garden  seeds  is  at 
all  times  kept  in  our  city  and  they  are  of  the  purest  and 
best  sold.  Pope  &  Baldwin  and  W.  Eber  supply  the 
trade  in  this  line. 


SEWING  MACHINES. 

Five  sewing  machine  agencies  are  established  in  our 
city,  and  most  of  them  have  model  warcrooms  in  which 
to  exhibit  and  dispose  of  goods.  A  flourishing  trade  is 
carried  on  by  most  of  them  in  supplying  Quincy  and 
the  surrounding  country.  The  firms  are:  M.  W.  New- 
ton, A.  Sumner,  D.  Snitjer,  R.  E.  Lctton,  and  E.J.  Elgin. 


201  HISTORY   OF    QUINCY. 


GEQE&E  W.  M1^'MM&»  ESQ., 


OR    "MEN    OF    MARK      IN    QUINCY 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  has  for  years  been  one  of 
the  most  active  and  enterprising  citizens  of  Quincy. 

George  W.  Burns  was  born  in  Maine  in  1825,  and 
migrated  west  with  his  father  in  1834,  settling  in  Quin- 
cy. From  1831  to  1819  he  engaged  in  various  occupa- 
tions to  earn  a  livelihood,  a  large  portion  of  the  time 
laboring  at  the  hardest  work.  In  the  latter  year,  when 
the  California  gold  fever  spread  to  this  section,  he  with 
many  others  proceeded  to  the  new  Eldorado,  hoping  of 
course  to  accumulate  wealth  with  greater  speed  than 
was  possible  in  the  then  diminutive  town  of  Quincy. 

Eemaiuing  but  one  year  in  the  mines,  he  returned  to 
Payson,  in  this  county,  where  his  father  resided,  and 
eno;ag;ed  in  the  mercantile  business.  In  1851,  he  a2:ain 
took  up  his  residence  in  Quincy,  and  associated  with 
JMessrs.  Ba2:bv  &  Wood  in  buildino-  the  famous  Castle 
Mills.  Here  he  continued  until  1862,  when  being  ap- 
pointed paymaster  in  the  army  with  the  rank  of  Major, 
he  sold  his  interest  in  the  mill  and  started  South. — 
"While  filling  the  duties  of  his  position  as  paymaster  in 
1861,  he  was  captured  on  Eed  Eiver,  Texas,  and  held 
prisoner  for  three  months.      When  paroled  he  returned 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  205 

to  Quincy,  and  has  since  engaged  in  many  enterprises, 
vastly  beneficial  to  our  city.  He  was  president  of  the 
association  that  erected  the  magnificent  new  Opera 
House,  and  is  at  present  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
Quincy  Coal  Company. 

A  generous  and  genial  gentleman,  his  business  activ- 
ity and  integrity  are  only  equalled  by  his  personal  pop- 
ularity. 


206  '  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 


TIJN^'EES'  STOCK. 

The  following  firms  supply  the  demand  for  stock 
used  by  tinners  in  the  manufacture  of  their  wares: — 
Comstock,  Castle  &  Co.,  G.  J.  Cottrell,  L.  D.  \Yhite,  and 
Eearick  &  Eensch. 


TOBACCO  LEAF. 

One  establishment  is  devoted  to  the  sale  of  leaf  to- 
bacco for  the  manufacture  of  cigars.  Mr.  TV.  Kochan- 
owski  is  the  author  of  this  enterprise,  and  is  doing 
handsomely  at  it. 


WHOLESALE  TOBACCO,  CIGAES,  kc. 

An  extensive  wholesale  trade  is  carried  on  by  our 
manufacturers  and  dealers  in  cigars,  tobacco,  &c.: — S. 
Kingsbaker  &  Co.,  W.  Kochanowski,  E.  Hanke,  A.  M. 
Claflin,  and  Jackson,  Keuser  &  Co. 


WALL  PAPEE  A:N^D  SHADES. 

In  this  line  there  has  been  decided  enterprise  and  the 
stocks  held  by  dealers  are  both  large  and  varied.  All 
goods  usually  kept  by  first  class  houses  in  this  line  can 
be  had  here,  and  at  the  lowest  rates.  The  firms  are  D. 
E.  Lynds,  Letton  &  Yiberts,  G-.  A.  Miller,,  and  I.  Zim- 
merman. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  207 


F.  Tf\  t^^^^SM^»  £wdSl^&  M;^^U^^^'Fii'EES» 


OR,    ''  MEN    OF    MARK        IN    QUINCY. 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  one  who  early  embarked 
in  manufacturing  here,  and  who  has  by  his  industry 
and  energy  built  up  an  extensive  trade  and  accumulated 
large  wealth. 

F,  W.  Jansen  is  a  native  of  Prussia,  where  he  was 
born  in  1815.  In  1834,  being  then  only  nineteen  years 
of  age,  he  emigrated  to  this  country  without  relatives, 
and  located  at  St.  Louis.  Remaining  ^here  onlj'-  one 
year  and  a  half,  in  1836  he  came  to  Qumcy,  and  obtain- 
ed emploj^ment  as  a  cabinet  maker,  with  Geo.  Wood. 
In  1838  he  commenced  business  for  himself,  establish- 
ing his  first  cabinet  shop  and  warcroom,  both  in  one, 
on  Maine  street,  between  Sixth  and  Seventh,  using 
Maine  street  for  a  lumber  yard.  Subsequently  he  re- 
moved to  a  frame  store,  which  stood  on  the  present 
site  of  Coburn's  shoe  store,  north  of  the  Court  House, 
Soon  after  he  bought  his  j^resent  stand  two  doors  south 
of  the  Court  House,  of  Joel  Eice,  and  removed  to  the 
same. 

When  he  first  commenced  business,  Mr.  Jansen  em- 
ploj'cd  only  one  hand,  while  to-day  he  is  the  head  of 
the  firm  of  F.  W.  Jansen  &  Son,  which  runs  one  of  the 


208  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

largest  furniture  factories  in  the  State,  employing  as 
high  as  sixty-five  hands,  and  in  connection  with  their 
factory,  occupying  one  of  the  largest  stores  in  the  city 
for  their  warerooms. 

One  of  the  first  alderman  of  Quincy,  being  elected 
when  the  city  was  organized,  he  has  at  all  times  mani- 
fested a  deep  interest  in  the  progress  of  our  city,  and 
has  liberally  aided  with  his  means  in  advancing  her  re- 
ligious and  educational  interests. 


HISTORY    OP   QUINCY.  209 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


The  following  are  the  firms  engaged  in  the  less  im- 
portant branches  of  trade. 

Auction  and  CoMiMission — Brougham  &  Son,  II. 
Kohn,  Pricer  &  Jackson. 

Book  Agent — J.  W.  Marsh. 

Clocks — AVardell  &  Co. 

Coffee  and  Spices — Treat  &  Co.  and  A.  M.  Claflin. 

European  Passage  Agents — T.  T.  Woodruff  and  II. 
F.  J.  Pvicker. 

Fast  Freight  Lines  — F.  Bradley,  W.  Harvey, 
Schermcrhorn  &  Bro. 

Transfer  Teams — J.  Clements,  Hall  &  Co.,  P.  Ilen- 
ricks,  and  Xorton  &  Co. 

Insurance  Agents — ^Y.  F.  Pitney,  L.  H.  Baker,  S. 
P.  Church,  Geo.  \Y.  Foss  &  Son,  P.  C.  Keller,  J.  J. 
Langdon,  Penfield  &  Bishop,  Mrs.  L.  H.  Thompson, 
J.  C.  White,  Wilson  &  Corey,  C.  H.  Bull,  Charles  do 
Lescluze,  Ilamburgher  &  Lesem,  B.  J.  Hawkes,  E.  II. 
Ilurlbut,  Hutton  &  Boam,  C.  II.  La  Beeres,  J.  L.  Miles, 
E.  II.  Osborn,  Parker  &  Bull,  S.  P.  Parker,  A.  H.  Pot- 
ter, B.  II.  Potter,  J.  Ehoadcs,  G.  M.  Eogers,  J.  C. 
Scroggs,  C.  Seeger,  C.  Thomas,  F.  Thompson,  and  C. 
Witzemann. 

Ladies'  Fancy  Goods — M.  Flachsand  H.  L.  Sommer. 

Lightning  Eods — E.  Ash. 

Lime — A.  Carroll,  AV.  D.  Meyer,  H.  Surmcier,  M. 
Zimmcrmann,  and  Zipf  &  Gehring. 

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210  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

Livery,  Sale  and  Exchange  Stables — d .  L.  Hatch- 
er, Millard  &  Byington,  Miller  &  Hughes,  J.  S.  Agej, 
and  Emmons  &  Aldrieh. 

Masonic  Books  and  Goods — Wm.  M.  Avise. 

Meat  Markets — Y.  Kauder,  J.  Lock,  jr.,  J.  M.  Bal- 
lancc,  C.  W.  Braun,  J.  Fey,  Gasser  &  Monsag,  J.  Geh- 
riug,  M.  Grunbaum,  H.  Kaiser,  C.  Kauder,  Klarner  & 
Lock,  Klarner  &  Oakley,  W.  Lock,  B.  Netter,  A.  Oertle, 
J.  Oertle.  J.  &  Y.  Pfirman,  F.  Schwab  &  Co.,  K.  Schwab, 
D.  Yeihl,  Werneth  &  Barth,  S.  Werncth,  and  J.  AVhit- 
bread. 

JS'ews  Dealers — O.  W.  Brooker,  F.  E.  Doyen,  Ben- 
ning  &  Oenning,  R.  B.  Winn,  P.  S.  Janes. 

Nurseries — Hargis  &  Sommer,  and  J.  H.  Manning. 
Omnibus  Line — Miller  &  Hughes. 
One  Dollar  Store — Hall  &  Bunt. 
Photograph  Goods — E.  Long. 

Produce  and  Commission — H.  A.  Williamson,  J.  W. 
Bass,  jr.,  &  Co.,  J.  Burns,  jr.,  and  Bernbrock  &  Reichl. 

Real  Estate — W.  F.  Pitney,  E.  H.  Buckley  and  Son, 
S.  P.  Church,  J.  P.  Erskine,  D.  Paullin,  C.  A.  &  A.  E. 
Savage,  W.  E.  Avise,  Brougham  &  Son,  M.  B.  Denman, 
J.  B.  Gilpin,  Hutton  <fe  Byam,  R.  Jansen,  L.  Kingman, 
J.  H.  &  J.  W.  McGindley,  Moore  &  Co.,  J.  S.  Nelson, 
M.  G.  Palmer,  H.  T.  Patten,  E.  Prince,  O.  A.  Turner, 
and  R.  K.  Turner. 

Sand  and  Gravel — Quincy  Sand  and  Gravel  Co. 

Steamboat  Agents — F.  H.  Aldrieh  and  Schermer- 
horn  &  Bro. 

Wood  Yards — T.  Bimson,  W.  S.  Chevalier,  A.  C. 
Denman,  C.  Gruell  &  McElfresh,  and  W.  Trowbridge. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  211 


^.  S.  SMeYA*^SQ^p  EM-MiiTQM  QP  Qi'i^gr» 


OR,    "MEN    OF    mark"    IN    QUINCY 


Some  men  are  born  to  prosperity,  while  others  carve 
it  out  of  the  very  desert  of  life,  and  rear  an  oasis  of  suc- 
cess in  its  midst. 

Of  this  class  is  Eobert  S.  Benneson.  Born  in  ]S'ew- 
<*astle  County,  Delaware,  at  the  age  of  14  he  commenc- 
ed riding  the  mail,  and  continued  at  this  four  years, 
when  he  returned  to  his  father's  and  learned  the  shoe- 
maker's trade.  lie  continued  at  this  but  one  year, 
when  he  determined  to  learn  the  carpenter's  trade.  lie 
worked  at  that  one  year  in  the  vicinity  of  his  home, 
when  he  went  to  Philadelphia,  and  there  completed  his 
apprenticeship.  Iiemaining  in  that  city  for  nine  years, 
working  at  his  trade,  at  the  end  of  that  time  he  resolv- 
ed to  visit  the  west.  In  1837,  he  proceeded  via  Pitts- 
burg to  St.  Louis,  and  thence  up  the  river.  On  the  ar- 
rival of  the  steamer  at  Quincy,  he  took  a  stroll  through 
the  then  unpretentious  town  to  take  observations,  and 
was  so  impressed  with  the  place  that  he  returned  to 
the  boat,  ordered  his  baggage  ashore  and  settled  for 
life.  Ilis  first  employment  was  with  Nathaniel  Sum- 
mers, who  was  engaged  in  erecting  a  house  on  the  site 
of  the  present  Post  Office.     He   continued  at   the   car- 


212  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

penter  trade  u]^  to  1840,  when  he  associated  with  him 
Wm.  Dickhut,  and  engaged  in  the  lumber  trade.  This 
firm  continued  for  sixteen  years,  and  upon  its  dissolu- 
tion he  formed  a  co-partnership  with  John  W.  Corill 
and  X.  D.  Benneson,  under  the  firm  name  of  Benneson 
&  Co.,  which  Lasted  for  four  years,  when  Mr.  Benneson 
withdrew,  and  engaged  in  buying  and  improving  real 
estate.  At  this  he  has  been  eminently  successful,  and 
the  past  year  completed  a  block  of  stores  that  in  beauty 
of  design,  durability  of  structure,  and  admirable  adap- 
tation to  business,  are  unsurpassed  anywhere.  During 
his  residence  in  Quincy,  Mr.  Benneson  has  filled  many 
positions  of  trust  and  honor,  being  twice  elected  alder- 
man, once  mayor,  and  also  President  of  the  Quincy  Gas 
Light  &  Coke  Co.  He  is  at  present  Director  of  the 
First  National  Bank,  a  position  he  has  held  from  its  or- 
ganization, and  fills  the  same  position  in  the  Gas  Com- 
pany', and  Quincy,  Alton  &  St.  Louis  Railroad. 

There  is  no  citizen  of  Quincy  who  has  labored  more 
zealously,  and  given  more  generously  to  promote  the 
moral,  social  and  commercial  welfare  of  our  city,  and 
none  w^ho  rank  higher  in  public  esteem. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  213 


HOTELS. 

Qiiincy  is  particularly  fortunate  in  having  a  number 
of  first  class  hotels,  kept  in  the  very  best  style,  and 
managed  by  enterprising  landlords.  In  this  line  the 
Tremont  House,  Quincy  House,  and  Wilson  House  are 
models  that  are  equal  in  every  respect  to  the  best  hous- 
es in  the  countrv.  Besides  these  there  are  a  number 
of  smaller  houses  and  all  together  offer  abundant  ac- 
commodation for  the  traveling  public. 

The  following  is  the  list  of  hotels:  Tremont  House, 
Quincy  House,  Wilson  House,  Adams  House,  Sherman 
House,  Virginia  House,  Ballard  House,  Magnolia  House, 
Oehmen  House,  Union  Farmers'  Home,  Armbruster's 
Hotel,  Broadway  House,  European  House,  Farmers' 
Home,  Farmers'  House,  Fifth  Ward  House,  Gem  City 
Hotel,  Kentucky  House,  Maine  Street  Union  House, 
Mississippi  House,  Pennsylvania  House,  Prairie  House, 
Railroad  House,  Sengen  House,  Stadt  Dresden,  Star 
Hotel,  Union  House,  Watcrford  House. 

Restaurants — F.  Ralph,  James  Wilson,  A.  Steidcl, 
Fourquet  <t  Lchnerts. 

Billiard  Rooms — James  Furlong,  Quincy  House, 
Tremont  House,  James  Wilson,  Buchhoit  &  Ruter. 


214  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 


E*  M.  BTQKEg,  MmrimEB  Mms^ma^Tt, 


OR    "  MEN    OP    mark"    IN    QUINCY. 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  one  of  the  eiirlj^  mer- 
chants of  Quincy,  and  has  been  identified  with  the 
prosperity  of  our  city  for  a  long  period. 

E.  K.  Stone  is  a  native  of  Massachusests,  being  born 
at  Grafton,  in  that  State,  in  1818.  He  remained  there 
until  he  was  20  years  of  age,  when  he  migrated  west, 
locating  at  Alton,  Illinois.  Eemaining  but  one  year  at 
Alton,  in  1839  he  came  to  Quincy,  and  obtained  em- 
ployment as  salesman  in  the  store  of  Joseph  Haywood. 
Shortly  after  he  established  himself  in  the  boot  and 
shoe  business  one  door  east  of  the  Quincy  House,  but 
subsequently  removed  to  the  west  side  of  the  square. — 
On  the  completion  of  the  building  now  occupied  by 
Brown  &  Pope,  he  opened  there  the  first  wholesale  boot 
and  shoe  store  in  our  city,  associating  with  him  Mr. 
A.  B.  Kingsbury,  the  firm  name  being  E.  K.  Stone  & 
Co.  In  1866  he  sold  his  interest  in  the  firm  and  retired 
from  business. 

Mr.  Stone  has  at  all  times  been  an  active  and  useful 
citizen.  He  served  one  term  as  alderman,  and  has  ever 
manifested  a  decided  interest  in  Quincy's  progress. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  215 


PROFESSIONAL. 


Architects — K.  Bunce,  L.  F.  Lukcy,  C.  Petri,  and  G. 
Eaby. 

Artists — P.  Prescott,  E.  W.  Conrad,  1).  Ilely,  F.  C. 
Eichter,  and  J.  Wahlert. 

Attorneys  at  Law — Arntzen  &  Eicbardson,  Benne- 
son  &  Janes,  Browning  &  Bushnell,  E.  II.  Buckley,  J. 
M.  Cyrus,  Duff  Ok  Tyrer,  Emmons,  Butz  &  Prentiss,  W. 
G.  Ewing,  Goodwin  &  Davis,  Jackson  Grirashaw,  E.  B. 
Hamilton,  U.  IE  Keath,  J.  H.  &  J.  W.  McGindley,  E. 
Prince,  G.  J.  Eicbardson,  Scoggan  &  McCann,  Skinner 
it  Marsb,  J.  C.  Tbompson,  E.  K.  Turner,  AVarren  & 
Wbeat,  Wbeat  &  Marcy,  J.  II.  Williams,  Henry  Asbury, 
G.  W.  Fogg,  F.  S.  Giddings,  C.   Greely,  H.  IL  Jansen, 

E.  L.  Miller,  I.  M.  Moore,  H.  T.  Patten,  A.  Wbeat,  jr. 
Civil    Engineers — B.    I.    Cbattcn,    E.   E.   Cbatten, 

Peter  Smitb,  Cbarles  Petri,  L.  T.  Sides. 

Dentists — S.  M.  Sturgiss,  E.  D.  Helms,  DeCrow  Bros., 

F.  N.  Elliott,  Lewis  &  Smith,    C.  F.  Konantz,  S.  &  P. 
Hubbard. 

Professors  of  Music — J.  E.  Iloefer,  A.  Bernhardt, 

G.  H.  Littlejohn,  and  J.  F.  Grosh. 

Physicians— M.  F.  Bassctt,  AY.  W.  Elgin,  G.  W.  Ed- 
eon,  S.  H.  IIcss,  F.  W.  J.  Eittler,    Springer   &   Nichols, 


216  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

S.  A.  Amcry,  L.  II.  Baker,  J.  W.  Bartlett,  M.  E.  Brown, 
J.  II.  Buecking,  L.  II.  Cohen,  Curtis  &  McMahan,  J.  B. 
Cutts,  M.  Doway,  F.  Drude,  S.  W.  Durant,  E.  E.  Eh- 
mann,  J.  Gunther,  J.  N.  Hummer,  J.  T.  Kinsler,  P.  A. 
Marks,  G.  T>.  Mclnt^-re,  A.  ISTiles,  H.  Oehlmann,  G. 
Park,  A.  Pies,  Ealston  &  Kendall,  M.  J.  Roesclilaub, 
Schmidt  &  Koch,  C.  A.  Streeter,  Talcott_&  Brown,  Tor- 
rence  &  Nance,  W.  P.  Torrcnce,  J.  YanSteenbergh,  L. 
Watson,  L.  H.  Wilcox,  Wilson  &Eobbins,  C.  A.  W.  Zim- 
rnermann,  sr.,  C.  A.  W.  Zimmermann,  jr. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  217 


W.  M,  JQS^BQ^»  ESQ.»  ^s^ui^rG  Mes&s^^j^t» 


OR,    "  MEN    OF    MARK  "    IN    QUINCY. 


Of  all  the  successful  merchants  of  Quincy,  none  rank 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  for  sterling  business  worth, 
indomitable  energy,  and  unbounded  enterprise. 

W.  H.  Johnson,  head  of  the  leading  dry  goods  firm 
of  ^y.  11.  Johnson  &  Co.,  is  a  native  of  Albany  County, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  was  born  in  1837.  Eemaining  in  New 
York  until  1850,  he  then  removed  to  Cincinnati,  where 
he  passed  a  thorough  apprenticeship  in  the  dry  goods 
business,  studying  its  details  and  becom.ing  versed  in 
its  various  phases.  Commencing  in  the  employ  of 
others  without  a  dollar  at  the  age  of  nineteen,  at  twen- 
ty-three, by  his  tact  and  energy,  he  was  enabled  to  es- 
tablish himself  in  business.  Bemaining  in  Cincinnati 
until  1864,  in  that  year  he  removed  to  Bloomington, 
Illinois,  and  opened  there  an  extensive  retail  dry  goods 
house,  conducting  it  with  great  success  until  18G7. 

Iletiringfrom  business  in  Bloomington,  in  1867,  asso- 
ciating with  him  Mr.  F.  L.  Crosby,  his  present  partner, 
Mr,  Johnson  established  the  two  extensive  wholesale 
and  retail  dry  goods  houses  of  W.  11.  Johnson  &  Co., 
one  at  Springfield  and  the  other  in  this  city.  The 
Springfield  house  did  a  business  the  first  year  of  $250,- 


218  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

000,  and  the  Quincy  establishment  6500,000,  showing 
the  experiment  to  have  been  a  decided  success  in  both 
cities. 

With  the  opening  of  1869  Mr  Johnson  secured  the 
magnificent  block  of  stores  erected  by  W.  B.  Powers, 
of  this  city,  and  fitting  it  up  in  a  style  of  elegance  and 
taste  seldom  equalled  in  the  great  cities  of  the  east, 
opened  it  with  a  magnificent  stock  of  dry  goods,  car- 
pets, etc.,  to  the  wholesale  and  retail  trade.  This  es- 
tablishment is  a  temple  of  beauty,  and  is  managed  and 
conducted  with  admirable  success. 

Mr.  Johnson's  personal  appearance  indicates  the  man 
— quick,  energetic  and  systematic,  he  is  in  every  sense 
a  business  man,  who  finds  his  rarest  enjoyment  in  the 
routine  of  daily  commercial  transactions. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  219 


THE  ^^  PRESS." 


While  many  agencies  have  been  at  work  to  advance 
and  improve  QuiDcy,  it  is  indisputable  that  the  "Press" 
of  the  city  has  contributed  largely  to  her  growth  and 
prosperity,  ^ye  have  been  peculiarly^ fortunate  in  this 
particular  in  having  at  the  head  of  our  city  journals 
men  of  enterprise  and  sagacity.  Ever  prompt  to  sup- 
port and  advocate  any  measure  calculated  to  benefit, 
improve,  or  enrich  Quincy,  her  newspapers  have  been 
a  power  for  good,  to  whom  she  is  vastly  indebted  for 
the  progress  she  has  made  in  commerce,  arts,  and 
science. 

The  "Press"  of  Quincy  at  present  comprises  four 
journals.     The  oldest  of  these,  the 


QUINCY   3IEKAL1), 

is  now  in  its  36th  volume,  having  been  established  in 
1834.  It  is  Democratic  in  politics,  and  wields  a  powerful 
influence  in  the  party.  Its  circulation  is  larger  than  any 
Democratic  paper  in  the  State,  outside  of  Chicago,  and  a 
period  of  prosperity  has  dawned  upon  it,  that  promises 
soon  to  place  it  in  the  front  rank  of  the  leading  news- 
papers of  the  country.  A  few  months  since  the  Herald 
Printing  Company,  by  whom  it  is  published,  occupied 
the  new  Herald  building,  erected  especially  for  them, 
and  now  have  one  of  the  most  complete  newspaper  and 


220  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

job  printing  offices  in  the  State.  Austin  Brooks,  Esq., 
who  has  been  connected  with  the  Herald  for  over  a 
quarter  of  a  century  as  proprietor  and  editor,  ''is  its 
present  editor,  assisted  by  James  H.  Wallin.  The  pro- 
prietors are  Jno.  P.  Cadogan,  A.  Demaree,  I  G.  Huff- 
man, and  H.  J.  Gardner,  who  form  the  Herald  Printing 
Company. 


THE    QUIXCY  WHIG  AND  EEPUBLICAN 

Is  next  in  age  to  the  Quincy  Herald,  having  had  an 
existence  of  32  years,  during  which  time  it  has  faith- 
fully and  steadily  fought  for  the  best  interests  of  Quin- 
cy. It  was  an  influential  organ  of  the  Whig  party  un- 
til the  demise  of  the  latter,  when  it  espoused  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  Republican  party,  and  has  been  a  herculean 
worker  in  both.  Skillfully  managed  and  ably  edited, 
it  is  to  day  a  leading  organ  of  the  Eepublican  party, 
having  a  large  circulation  and  being  in  a  prosperous 
condition.  It  is  edited  by  Gen.  John  Tillson,  with  P. 
H.  Bailhache  as  assistant.  The  publishers  are  Maj.  W. 
H.  Bailhache  and  1).  L.  Phillips,  who  form  the  Quincy 
Whig  Company. 

Both  of  the  above  are  daily  morning  papers. 


THE   EA^ENING  JOUETs  AL 

Is  the  only  daily  evening  paper  printed  in  English, 
Although  it  has  not  been  long  established,  the  Journal 
has  made  itself  useful,  and  has  proven  a  valuable  acqui- 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  221 

eition  to  the  "Press"  of  Quincy.  Its  miinagcmcnt  has 
displayed  commendable  enterprise  in  its  conduct,  and 
it  has  taken  rank  as  an  influential  journal.  The  past 
summer  it  also  moved  into  new  and  commodious  quar- 
ters, and  has  now  one  of  the  finest  offices  in  the  State. 
Independent  in  politics,  it  is  devoted  mainly  to  the  local 
interests  of  Quincy  and  the  surrounding  country.  T. 
M.  Ivogers  and  A.  11.  Lacy  are  its  editors,  and  the 
former  is  its  proprietor  and  manager. 

In  addition  to  the  English  dailies,  we  have  the 


QUINCY  TEIBUNE, 

published  daily  in  German,  which  is  well  sustained  by 
the  large  German  element  in  our  city.  It  is  owned  and 
managed  by  T.  M.  Eogers,  Esq.,  proprietor  of  the  Eve- 
ning Journal,  and  performs  good  work  in  its  proper 
sphere.  Louis  Korth,  Esq.,  is  the  editor,  and  dischar- 
ges the  duties  of  the  position  with  marked  ability. 

A  German  monthly  publication,  entitled 


DER  ERZ-DEUIDE, 

now  in  its  5th  year,  is  also  issued  by  Charles  Petri,  Esq., 
who  edits  the  same  in  the  interests  of  the  United  An- 
cient Order  of  Druids.  It  is  the  official  organ  of  tho 
order.  This  is  a  neat  pa])er,  creditable  alike  to  the  pub- 
lisher and  the  organization  of  which  it  is  an  exponent. 


222 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

WESTERN  AGRICULTURIST. 


This  publicatiou,  devoted  to  the  interests  of  agricult- 
ure, is  issued  by  T.  Butterworth,  and  is  ably  edited  and 
managed. 


RESUME. 


QuiNCY  Herald Published  by  Herald  Printing  Co. 


QuiNCY  Whig  &  Kepublican 
QuiNCY  Evening  Journal  .... 
QuiNCY  Tribune,  (German)... 
Der  Erz-Druide,  (German).. 
Western  Agriculturist 


Quincy  Whig  Co. 
T.  M.  Kogers. 
T.  M.  Eogers. 
Charles  Petri. 
T.  Butterworth. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  223 


JdMES  dSTSt^E*  £rB;iPI^G  MdJ^^Z'S^dCTl'S^JS* 


OR    "MEN    OF    mark"    IN    QUINCY. 


AVhile  Qiiincy  has  many  sources  of  wealth  and  pow- 
er, she  may  rely  to  a  great  extent  upon  her  manufac- 
turing interests  for  permanent  prosperity — and  hence 
the  debt  she  owes  those,  who  like  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  have  struggled  through  years  of  uncertainty,  to 
build  here  a  manufiicturing  center. 

Mr.  Arthur  emigrated  west  in  1835,  touched  at  St. 
Louis,  and  then  continued  up  the  river  to  Galena.  Re- 
turning to  St.  Louis,  he  obtained  cmplo^nnent  as  clerk 
in  a  wholesale  boat  store.  Remaining  with  this  house 
two  years,  at  the  expiration  of  that  time  he  established 
himself  in  the  dry  goods  and  grocery  business.  Retir- 
ing from  this,  he  accepted  the  position  of  commander 
of  a  steamboat,  and  after  continuing  at  this  a  few  years 
came  to  Quincy  in  1845,  and  established  himself  in  the 
boat  store  business.  In  1847  he  embarked  in  pork  pack- 
ing, and  subsequently  associating  with  him  the  lato 
Joseph  E.  Norwood,  erected  a  commodious  pork  house 
on  the  bay.  To  this  he  devoted  his  time  and  capital 
until  1855,  when  he  erected  the  extensive  saw  mill  now 
operated  and  managed  by  him,  in  connection  with  J.  A. 
Yan  Doom,  since  which    time  he  has   engaged   exclu- 


224  HISTORY    OF    QUINCy. 

sively  in  the  maDufacture  and  sale  of  lumber,  employ- 
ing permanently  some  fifty  hands,  and  running  steadily 
almost  the  entire  year  round. 

Mr.  Arthur  has  served  the  city  efficiently  as  alder- 
man, but  his  achievements  have  been  rather  in  the 
quiet  walks  of  social  life,  and  in  his  business.  A  man 
of  unquestionable  integrity  and  honor,  his  success  in 
business  is  the  result  of  indefatigable  industry,  and  pru- 
dent management.  Enterprising  and  public  spirited, 
he  has  at  all  times  manifested  a  deep  interest  in  the 
moral  and  social  elevation  of  Quincy,  while  his  own 
life  has  been  that  of  an  unostentatious  and  practical 
christian. 


HISTORY    OF    QUlNCy.  225 


BANKING  INSTITUTIONS. 


Quincy   is  well  supplied  with    banking   institutionfl, 
which  afford  amDle  facilities  to  her  business  men  in  the 

A. 

daily  mutations  of  commerce,  and  through  their  able 
management  encourage  legitimate  enterprise,  and  ad- 
vance the  city  generally  in  wealth  and  importance. 


THE  UXION  BANK  OF  QUINCY 

Occupies  one  of  the  handsomest  business  structures  in 
the  city,  and  has  every  modern  convenience  for  security 
and  speed  in  the  transaction  of  its  business.  It  was  es- 
tablished by  a  number  of  the  solid  men  of  Quincy  and 
Adams  County,  and  in  its  management  can  boast  some 
of  the  most  skillful  of  our  financiers.  Many  of  our 
wealthy  citizens  are  stockholders  in  this  institution  and 
its  directors  are  as  follows:  Henry  Eoot,  H.  S.  Osborn, 
Joseph  Sibley,  J.  M.  Earel,  Aldo  Sommer,  E.  M.  Moffett, 
Samuel  E.  Seger,  Wm.  Charles,  and  Isaac  Lesem.  The 
officers  are  :  Henry  Eoot,  Pres.,  IT.  vS.  Osborn,  V.  Pres.. 
E.  :M.  Moffett,  Cashier,  C.  H.  Charles,  Ass.  Cashier. 


FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  QUTNCY. 

This  Aamous  institution  was   first  established  as  the 
"  Quincv  Savinn;s  Bank"  under  the  State  law  in  1857, 

■^15 


22G  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

The  first  directors  were  John  Wood,  sr.,  E.  S.  Benne- 
son,  C.  M.  Pomroy,  Iliram  Eogers,  and  Elijah  Gove. 
The  officers  were:  E.  Gove,  Pres.,  A.  C.  Marsh,  Sec'y, 
C.  B.  Clark,  Cashier.  In  1864  it  merged  into  the  First 
Isational  Bank  of  Quincy  under  the  same  management, 
and  has  continued  .through  a  career  of  unprecedented 
prosperity.  Its  directors  at  present  are:  C.  H.  Curtis, 
C.  M.  Pomroy,  O.  C.  Skinner,  Thomas  Jasper,  George 
Bond,  E.  S.  Benneson,  F.  Collins,  Amos  Green,  Edward 
Wells.  The  officers  are  :  C.  M.  Pomroy,  Pres.,  Thomas 
Jasper,  Y.  Pres.,  U.  S.  Penfield,  Cashier. 

Mr.  Penfield  has  served  this  institution  faithfully  and 
with  marlvcd  efficiency  for  *a  long  term  of  years,  and 
bids  fair  to  remain  its  honored  cashier  for  years  to  come. 


MEECHANTS'  and  FAEMEES'  NATIONAL  BANK. 

In  1864  the  Merchants'  and  Farmers'  National  Bank 
of  Quincy  was  organized,  aid  since  commencing  busi- 
ness has  proved  vastly  beneficial  to  our  commercial 
community.  Its  directors  are:  Lorenzo  Bull,  X,  Bush- 
nell,  C.  H.  Bull,  O.  H.  Browning,  and  E.  J.  Parker. 
The  officers  are  :  Lorenzo  Bull,  Pres.,  N.  Bushnell,  V. 
Pres.,  C.  II.  Bull,  Cashier,  and  E.  J.  Parker,  Assistant 
Cashier. 


H.  F.  J.  EICKEE  &  CO.'S  BANKING  HOUSE, 

Perhaps  one  of  the  safest  and  most  successful  private 
banking  houses  in  Illinois  is  that  of  Henry  F.  Joseph 
Eicker  &  Co.  in  this  city.     This  house  was  established 


inSTURY    OF    QUINCY.  227 

b^'  Mr.  Eickcr  in  1860,  be  baving  done  business  on  a 
small  scale  previously.  In  18G5  be  purcbased  tbe  bank-' 
inix  bouse  of  Jobn  AVood  &  Co.,  Avbere  be  remained 
tbree  monlbs,  wben  be  removed  to  bis  present  stand, 
and  associatinii:  wilb  bim  Bernard  II.  Frank  Iloene.  es- 
tablisbed  tbe  banking  bouse  of  Ilenjy  F.  Josepb  Ricker 
&  Co.,  one  of  tbo  most  successful  in  Quincy. 


THOMAS  T.  WOODRUFF,  BANKER. 

Still  anotber  private  banking  bouse  and  one  tbat  bas 
successfully  operated  for  several  years,  is  tbat  of  Tbos. 
T.  Woodruff.  Tbis  was  establisbed  by  Mr.  Woodruff  in 
1866,  and  bas  been  managed  liberally,  but  prudentl}^. 


228  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 


MBwmEB  wmSoEc&»  m§Q, 


»» 


OR    "MEN    OF    mark"    IN    QUINCY, 


One  of  the  most  successful  as  well  as  one  of  the  most 
influential'  citizens  of  Quincy,  is  the  subject  of  this 
sketch. 

Edward  "Wells  was  born  in  Xewburyport,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1813,  which  place  he  left  at  the  age  of  seven- 
teen, removing  to  Boston.  In  1834  he  left  Boston  for 
Quincy,  arriving  here  in  October  of  that  year,  after  a 
journey  of  thirty-six  days,  the  time  then  required  to 
make  the  trip.  Being  a  cooper,  he  at  once  obtained 
employment  at  his  trade,  but  soon  after  associating 
with  Gren.  Jas.  D.  Morgan,  also  a  cooper,  they  opened  a 
shop  of  their  own  on  the  site  of  the  present  county  jail. 
In  connection  with  this  Mr.  Wells  also,  carried  on  the 
provision  and  packing  business,  continuing  the  two 
branches  for  nine  years.  At  the  expiration  of  that  time 
he  embarked  in  pork  and  beef  packing  on  a  large  scale, 
and  has  been  successfully  engaged  in  that  business  up 
to  within  a  year. 

One  of  the  wealthiest  of  our  citizens,  Mr.  Wells  is 
also  one  of  our  most  enterprising  and  public  spirited 
men.  He  has  served  the  city  efficiently  as  alderman 
of  the  Second  Ward,  is  at  present  Director  of  the  First 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  229 

National  Bank,  of  the  Quincy,  Alton  &  St.  Louis  E.  E., 
of  the  Eepublic  Insurance  Co.  of  Chicago,  and  President 
of  its  local  Board,  and  has  been  prominent  for  his  un- 
tiring energy  in  behalf  of  the  many  railroad  projects 
originated  the  past  few  years  for  the  advancement  of 
Quincy. 

Few  men  have  done  more  for  Quincy   than    Edward 
Wells,  and  she  boasts  no  more  valuable  citizen. 


230  HISTORY    OP   QUINCY. 


EDUCATIONAL. 


The  citizens  of  Quiiicy,  with  comnieDclable  foresight, 
early  turned  their  attention  to  providing  educational 
institutions  for  their  children,  and  at  the  same  time,  by 
establishing  public  schools  secured  the  benefits  of  an 
education  to  those  without  parents,  or  whose  parents 
were  unable  to  bear  the  expense.  AVhile  most  of  the 
colleges  and  academies  that  have  been  founded  here 
have  prospered  and  become  self-sustaining,  and  while 
we  feel  an  interest  in  their  success,  still  the  greatest 
pride  our  citizens  feel  is  in  the  noble  system  of  public 
schools,  which  through  years  of  struggling  and  experi- 
menting, have  been  brought  to  a  high  degree  of  perfec- 
tion. These  schools,  which  are  supported  by  the  taxa- 
tion of  property,  are  managed  by  a  Board  chosen  annu- 
ally by  the  City  Council,  and  we  are  thus  guaranteed 
that  they  will  be  placed  at  all  times  under  the  control 
of  competent  persons. 


PUBLIC  SCHOOLS. 

The  Board  of  Education  is  composed  as  follows: — 
P.  A.  Goodwin,  President,  Thos.  "W.  Macfall,  Clerk,  J. 
W.  Brown,  Superintendent  of  Schools,  E.  H.  Turner, 
H.  H.  Mertens,  A.  J.  Lubbe  and  C.  R.  Eichardson. 


HISTORY    or    QUINCY.  231 

The  lliGii  School  is  situated  on  Eighth  i^treet.  A. 
W.  Starkey  is  principal,  Miss  M.  E.  Osborn  first  and 
Miss  M.  11.  Kenney  second  assistant.  Total  number  of 
pupils  enrolled,  75. 

The  Grammar  School  is  in  the  same  building.  Miss 
M.  P.  Oven  and  Mrs.  M.  AV.  Starkey,  teachers.  Total 
number  of  pupils  enrolled.  lOG. 

Washington  School  is  situated  on  the  corner  of 
Sixth  and  Cherry  streets.  Teachers — Miss  Kate  An- 
derson, Miss  Helen  C.  Turner,  Miss  Emma  Haines,  and 
Miss  Amanda  Sylvester.  Number  of  pupils  enrolled,  202. 

Jefferson  School  is  situated  in  Jefferson  Square. 
Teachers — ^liss  Hannah  Mahoney,  Miss  M.  S.  Kendall, 
Miss  Emma  Jones,  and  Miss  Clara  H.  Keenan.  Num- 
ber of  pu2:>ils  enrolled,  2-47. 

Franklin  School  is  situated  on  Fifth,  between  York 
and  Kentucky.  Teachers — Miss  E.  F.  Kendall,  Miss 
M.  A.  Crockett,  Miss  M.  E.  Welsh,  and  Mrs.  11.  J.  Dav. 
Number  of  pupils  enrolled,  21G. 

Trvtno  School  is  situated  on  Payson  Avenue,  be- 
tween Eighth  and  Ninth  streets.  Teachers — Miss  Julia 
W.  P>urns,  Miss  Susie  Dunn,  Miss  A.  S.  Street,  and 
Miss  M.  A.  AV.  Carpenter.  Number  of  pupils  enrolled,  230. 

Eerrlvn  School — Corner  of  Eighth  and  Van  Buren 
streets.  Teachers — Miss  Ada  K.  Jjafever,  Miss  Ella 
Smith,  and  Miss  Kate  Shannalran.  Numbers  of  pupils 
enrolled,  150. 

Webster  School — Corner  of  Twelfth  and  Maine 
streets.     Teacher:^ — AIis;^    E.    M.    Bryson,    ^liss   Lizzie 


232  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

AVeleh,  Miss  M.  E.  Eandall,  Miss  Laura  Drain,  and  Miss 
Mary  Allen.     Number  of  pupils  enrolled,  318. 

Madison  School  is  in  East  Quincy.  Teachers — Miss 
M.  A.  McKinnie,  and  Miss  Monia  McKinnie.  Number 
of  pupils  enrolled,  73. 

Colored  School,  No.  1 — Oak,  between  Ninth  and 
Tenth  streets.  Teacher — Miss  M.  F.  Martin.  Number 
of  pupils  enrolled,  46. 

Colored  School,  No.  2 — Tenth,  between  Spring  and 
Oak  streets.  Teacher — Miss  W.  H.  Morgan.  Number 
of  pupils  enrolled,  75. 

Total  number  of  schools,  10;  total  number  of  teach- 
ers, 31;  total  amount  salaries  paid  officers  and  teachers, 
$17,500;  incidental  expenses,  $4,500.  Total  number  of 
childr-en  enrolled  in  all  the  schools,  white  1,647,  colored 
121;  total  white  and  colored,  1,768.  Average  cost  to 
city  of  each  pupil  attending  public  schools,  $12.44i. 

In  addition  to  the  public  schools,  the  following  col- 
leges, academies,  and  schools  are  well  supported  and 
numerously  attended: 

Quincy  College,  Spring  street,  between  Third  and 
Fourth  streets. 

St.  Francis  College,  corner  Vine  and   Eighteenth  sts. 

Quincy  Female  Seminary,  Eighth,  between  Maine  and 
Hampshire  streets. 

Institute  of  the  Infant  Jesus,  Eighth  and  Vermont 
streets. 

German  Independent  School,  Eleventh  and  Jersey 
streets. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  233 


SELECT  SCHOOLS. 

M.  C.  Abbe,  E.  A.  Bower,  II.  A.  Farvvell,  I.  Fogg,  H. 
C.  Terrell,  T.  Walker. 


SCHOOLS    CONNECTED  WITH  CHURCHES. 

Evangelical  Zion's  Church,  each  of  the  German  Ev- 
angelical, German  Evangelical  Lutheran,  Hebrew,  and 
Roman  Catholic  Churches. 

The  public  schools,  as  we  have  said,  have  been  brought 
to  a  high  state  of  perfection,  and  offer  every  advantage 
to  those  seeking  an  education.  A  thorough  English 
education  is  afforded  under  the  present  admirable  sys- 
tem of  management,  and  the  German  language  is  also 
taught. 

In  our  colleges  not  only  the  English  in  all  its  branch- 
es is  taught,  but  every  opportunity  is  offered  to  obtain 
a  thorough,  knowledge  of  the  classics. 

The  educational  advantages  of  Quincy  are  well  worthy 
the  attention  of  those  seeking  homes  in  the  west,  and 
no  city  of  its  size  will  be  found  better  provided  in  this 
respect. 


234  llISTOilY    OF    QDINCY. 


WM.  MQRM£&»  Mm,s 


OR     "MEN     OF     mark"    IX    Q  U  1  N  C  Y. 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  since  his  residence  in  Qiiin- 
cj  has  contributed  largely  by  his  enterprise  to  advance 
the  manufacturing  interests  of  the  city. 

The  question  of  obtaining  coal  in  abundance  and  at 
i-easonable  rates  was  one  that  long  agitated  our  citizens 
— and  Mr.  itorris  on  locating  here,  began  operating  the 
mines  at  Colchester,  and  soon  developed  them  to  an  ex- 
tent that  enabled  him  to  supply  us  at  prices  below  even 
Chicago,  with  all  her  railroad  and  water  facilities. 

A  native  of  New  York,  Mr.  Morris  passed  the  period 
of  his  life  until  he  was  twenty-three  in  various  cities  of 
the  Empire  State.  In  1840  he  proceeded  south,  and 
after  making  an  extended  tour  of  the  Southern  States, 
located  in  Mobile,  engaging  in  the  wholesale  grocery 
business.  Here  he  remained  until  1857,  when  he  came 
to  Quincy,  and  at  once  embarked  in  the  coal  business, 
as  one  of  the  Quincy  Coal  Co. 

Since  engaging  in  this  enterprise  he  has  directed  and 
managed  its  affairs  including  its  mines  at  Colchester  and 
yards  in  this  city,  with  abilit}^  and  success,  making  its 
oy»erations  both  profitable  to  the  company  and  satisfac- 
tory to  the  public. 

A  liberal  and  estimable  gentleman,  Mr.  Mori-is  ranks 
as  one  of  the  solid  men  of  Quincy. 


mSTUKY    OF    QUJNCY.  235 


€ffdB.  W.  I^EYES»  Lp^^si^xq  t^tEEQSd^XT^ 


OR,    "  MEN    OF    MARK  "    IN    QTJINCY. 


Many  of  the  young  men  of  Quincy  have  within  the 
past  few  years  embarked  in  business,  and  taken  front 
rank  as  active  and  enterprising  merchants. 

Of  these,  Charles  W.  Iveyes,  of  the  leading  drug  house 
of  Montgomery  &  Co.,  is  an  instance.  A  native  of 
Quincy,  his  father  being  one  of  the  first  settlers  here, 
after  graduating  at  Williams  College,  Mass.,  in  1864,  he 
made  an  extended  tour  through  Europe,  and  then  re- 
turning to  Quincy,  embarked  in  the  wholesale  drug 
business,  as  one  of  the  firm  of  Montgomery  &  Co.  In 
business  he  has  been  eminently  successful,  the  firm  with 
which  he  is  connected,  ranking  any  in  its  line  in  the 
city.  Prudent,  but  eminently  enterprising,  and  thor- 
oughly devoted  to  business,  Mr.  Iveyes  has  a  career  of 
uninterrupted  prosperity  before  him. 


236  HISTORY    OF    QUINCT. 


RELIGIOUS. 


There  are  in  Quincy  twenty-five  churches  or  places 
of  worship,  which  speaks  well  for  the  moral  character 
of  her  people.  Many  of  these  are  imposing  and  costly 
edifices,  that  well  deserve  an  extended  notice  here,  but 
for  want  of  space  we  are  obliged  to  forego  the  pleasure. 
The  various  denominations  are  represented  as  follows  : 

Baptist — First  Baptist  Church,  First  Colored  Bap- 
tist Church,  and  Vermont  Street  Baptist  Church. 

Christian — Church  of  Christ. 

Congregational — 1st  Union  Congregational  Church, 
German  Evangelical  Zion's  Church. 

Episcopal — St.  John's  Church. 

German  Evangelical — Salem's  Church,  St.  Jacobi 
Church. 

German  Evangelical  Lutheran — St.  John's  Church, 
St.  Peter's  Church. 

Hebrew — German  Reformed  Cons^reojation — B'  nai 
Sboloum,  K.  K.  Buai  Abrohom. 

Methodist  Episcopal — African  M.  E.  Church,  Fifth 
Street  M.  E.  Church,  German  M.  E.  Church,  Vermont 
Street  M.  E.  Church. 

Presbyterian — First  Presbyterian  Church,  West- 
minster Church. 

Eoman  Catholic — St.  Aloysius  Chapel,  St.  Boniface 
Church,  St.  Francis  Church,  St.  Mary's  Church,  St. 
Peter's  Church. 

Unitarian — Second  Confrreojational  Society. 

CO  •' 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  237 


SS*  S.  Q&SQ^^»  &^sifi^(S  Ma^^Fa&TtfS^m 


OR    ''MEN    OF    MARK      IN    QUINCT. 


We  come  now  to  one  who  lias  been  eminently  success- 
ful in  one  of  the  most  important  branches  of  our  manu- 
factures, and  who  has  also  wielded  a  large  influence  in 
municipal  atfairs. 

II.  S.  Osborn,  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  W.  II. 
Osborn  &  Co.,  is  a  native  of  England,  where  he  was 
born  June  Gth,  1814.  Passing  his  youth  in  the  city  of 
London,  where  he  was  born,  he  there  received  his  edu- 
cation, and  Avhen  about  twenty  years  of  age,  emigrated 
to  the  United  States.  He  first  located  in  New  York 
city,  where  he  remained  two  years,  at  the  expiration 
of  which  time  he  removed  to  Circleville,  Oliio,  and  en- 
gaged in  the  milling  business.  At  the  end  of  three 
years,  he  changed  his  location  to  Waverly,  Ohio,  where 
he  again  embarked  in  the  milling  enterprise.  For  nine 
years  he  continued  at  Waverly,  after  which  he  came  to 
Quincy,  arriving  here  in  August,  184G.  Purchasing  an 
interest  in  the  old  "  KaHe  Mills"  that  stood  at  the  cor- 
ner  of  Broadway  and  Front  streets,  he  continued  to 
operate  it  as  one  of  the  firm  of  Wheeler,  Osborn  &  Co., 
until  it  was  destroyed  b}^  fire.  The  firm  at  once  pro- 
ceeded to  replace  the  building  destroyed,  and  in  1852 
completed  a  splendid  new  edifice,  and  furnished  it  with 


238  .  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

all  the  equipments  and  machinery  for  a  first-class  flour- 
ing mill.  This  was  subsequentb^  sold  to  the  C.  B.  &  Q. 
E.  E.  Co.,  and  removed  to  supply  the  demand  for  more 
yard  room.  It  was  upon  the  sale  of  this  building  that 
the  present  colossal  structure  known  as  the  "  Eagle 
Mills  "  was  erected.  It  was  completed  in  1867,  and  is 
in  every  respect  one  of  the  finest  establishments  of  its 
kind  in  the  Union.  Its  equipments  are  of  the  most 
modern  style,  its  machinery  of  the  most  approved  pat- 
tern, and  its  improvements  of  the  most  convenient  or- 
der. 

It  is  now  operated  and  managed  by  the  firm  of  "W. 
H.  Osborn  &  Co.,  of  which,  as  we  have  said,  Mr.  Osborn 
is  senior  partner,  and  is  one  of  the  most  successful  in- 
stitutions of  our  city. 

In  addition  to  being  one  of  the  most  successful  of  our 
citizens,  Mr.  Osborn  is  also  one  of  the  most  valuable. 
Several  times  elected  to  the  City  Council,  his  services 
in  that  body  were  marked  and  beneficial  to  the  city. 
He  has  also  been  active  in  every  public  enterprise,  and 
his  contributions  to  the  charitable  institutions  of  Quin- 
cy  have  been  on  a  scale  of  liberality  equaled  by  but 
few. 

A  thorough  business  man,  a  generous  and  enterpris- 
ing citizen,  none  have  contributed  more  to  improve 
and  advance  Quincy  than  II.  S.  Osborn. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINOY.  239 


S,  J>  LMSMtU:*  j^Mdffirra  Mej^Cffd^r» 


OR,    "  MEN    OF    MARK        IN    QUTNCY 


As  the  head  of  the  great  dry  goods  house  of  S.  J. 
Lesem,  Bro.  &  Co.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  has  won 
a  reputation  for  business  sagacity  and  ability  that 
pLaces  him  in  the  front  rank  of  the  leading  merchants 
of  the  country. 

S.  J.  Lesem  is  a  native  of  Bavaria,  "vvhere  he  received 
his  business  education,  and  where  he  remained  until 
the  age  of  21.  He  then  concluded  to  come  to  the 
United  States,  and  in  1850  he  arrived  in  St.  Louis.  Ee- 
maining  there  but  a  few  days,  he  proceeded  to  Saint 
Charles  county.  Mo.,  where  he  engaged  on  a  fiirm,  but 
continued  at  it  only  three  months.  lie  then  commenc- 
ed peddling,  carrying  his  own  pack  until  he  had  accu- 
mulated sufficient  means  to  buy  a  horse  and  wagon. 
After  two  years'  experience  in  peddling,  Mr.  Lesem 
established  himself  in  the  mercantile  business  in  "War- 
rington, Mo.,  with  two  partners.  At  the  end  of  one 
year  he  removed  to  Glasgow  in  the  same  state,  and  ob- 
tained employment  as  clerk  in  a  dry  goods  house. 
From  there  he  proceeded  to  LaFayette  county,  and  went 
into  business  with  an  uncle,  with  whom  he  remained  18 
months,  when  he  sold  out,  and  came  to  Quincy.     Here, 


240  HISTORY    OF    QUINCy. 

in  1855,  in  connection  with  his  uncle,  S.  Loscm,  now  do- 
ceased,  he  opened  a  dry  goods  house.  In  1856,  he  pur- 
chased the  interest  of  S.  Lcseni  in  the  business  and  as- 
sociating with  his  brother  Isaac  Lesem,  conducted  the 
same  until  1865,  when,  associating  with  them  Gustav 
Levy,  they  opened  the  first  exclusive  wholesale  dry 
goods  house  ever  established  in  Quincy. 

Since  then  this  house  has  done  an  immense  trade, 
and  its  commodious  salesrooms  are  constantly  alive  with 
business. 

Managed  by  thorough  business  men,  who  have  been 
drilled  in  the  school  of  experience,  its  business  is  daily 
increasing,  and  already  the  house  of  S.  J.  Lesem,  Bro. 
&  Co.  ranks  second  to  few  in  the  west  in  the  quantity 
and  quality  of  stock  carried,  and  the  amount  of  annual 
sales. 


ni8T0llY    OF    QUINOY.  211 


JQU^^^  ^\  BSQWJ^»  Su^'T  Qir  ^i*ifZio  ScuQQLt^, 


OH,    "  MKN    OP    mark"    IN    QUINCY. 


None  have  been  more  aetive  in  the  cause  of  educa- 
tion in  Quinc}',  i\\i\\\  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  John 
W.  Brown  is  a  native  of  Oliio,  being  born  in  Warren 
county  in  iliat  state  in  1832.  Ifis  early  life  was  spent 
upon  a  farm,  where,  although  required  to  do  hard  work, 
ho  was  afrorded  the  advantages  of  both  a  common 
Bchool  and  academic  education.  In  1851  he  bciran 
teaching  echcol,  and  for  three  years,  while  following 
this  vocation,  also  devoted  himself  to  perfecting  liis 
own  studies.  In  1855  he  came  to  Quincy,  and  opened 
a  jewelry  store.  He  is  still  engaged  in  this  business,  as 
the  head  of  one  of  the  largest  establishments  in  our 
city. 

Mr.  Brown  early  manifested  an  interest  in  the  edu- 
cational progress  of  Quincy,  and  assisted  in  the  organi- 
sation of  the  Board  of  Education,  of  which  ho  was  the 
first  clerk.  Subsequently  in  18G3  he  was  again  elected 
to  the  Board,  and  in  18G5  was  made  Superintendent  of 
Public  Schools  b}'  the  city  council.  The  past  year  ho 
was  again  called  to  this  I'csponsiblc  ])osition,  which  ho 
still  holds,  administering  its  ardtiouH  duties  with  ability 
and  satisfaction.     In    addition    to    his    services    in    tho 

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242  HISTORY    OP    QUINCY. 

cause  of  education,  Mr.  Brown  has  also  worked  zealous- 
ly in  organizing  and  conducting  Sunday  Schools,  and  is 
the  present  Secretary  of  the  Adams  County  Sunday 
School  Convention.  Earnest  and  persevering,  he  sel- 
dom fails  in  what  he  undertakes,  and  hence  he  has  been 
able  to  conduct  successfully  his  extensive  jewelry  busi- 
ness, while  devoting  so  large  a  share  of  his  time  to  the 
public  good. 


HISTORY    OF    QLINCY. 


243 


FIRE  DEPARTxMENT. 


Thirty  years  ago  the  citizens  of  the  then  modest  City 
of  Quincy,  commenced  the  foundation  of  what  has  since 
grown  to  be  one  of  the  strongest  and  most  efficient  vol- 
unteer fire  departments  in  the  Union.  At  that  time 
most  of  the  ''  solid  men  "  of  Quincy  mustered  in  No.  1 
Engine  Company,  and  followed  "the  machine"  when 
duty  called.  As  a  matter  of  interest,  we  reproduce  a 
list  of  the  members  of  this  comp^my,  when  it  organized 
in  1839.  ^lany  of  them  have  since  passed  to  that  bourne 
whence  no  traveler  returns,  but  others  will  be  recog- 
nized as  active  and  leading  citizens  of  Quincy  to-day. — 
The  followinir  is  the  roster. 


Thomas  Jasper, 
Amos  Green, 
Thomas  Redmond, 
James  D.  Morgan, 
Lorenzo  Bull,  jr., 
Edward  Wells, 


J.  A.  King 
John  B.  Young, 
Wm.  H.  Tandy, 
Joel  Thorn, 


L.  B.  Allen, 
J.  H.  Holton, 
Jacob  Gruell, 
Stedman  Nash, 


Charles  W.  Manson,     Enoch  Conyxjrs, 


Wm.  F.  Karnes, 


Frederick  W.  Jansen,  Henry  Burrell, 


Wm.  H.  Gage, 
Samuel  Holmes, 
I.  O.  Woodruff, 
Hiram  Rogers, 
F.  G.  Johnston, 
Damon  Hauser, 


J.  H.  Ralston, 
T.  C.  King, 
Louis  Cosson, 
J.  H.  Luce, 
Adam  Schmitt 
William  Coyne, 


Nathaniel  Summers,     Charles  McDonald, 
James  McDade,  Geo.  W.  Chapman, 

Timothy  Rogers,  John  Crockett, 

Thomas  C.  Benneson,    Michael  Mast, 

E.  M.  Davis, 


AVm.  G.  Flood, 
John  H.  Krcinhop, 
Jacob  A.  Funk, 
Charles  Albright, 
Charles  A.  Nourso, 
Harrison  Dills, 
T.  W.  Goodwyn, 
C.  Vierheller, 
John  H.  Co! tie, 
J.  O.  Bernard, 
John  Paine, 
Samuel  Winters. 


!ik4i  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 

The  organization  thus  started,  has  now  grown  to 
several  hundred  members,  with  steam  and  hand  engines 
of  the  most  approved  make,  equipped  in  the  most  thor- 
ough manner,  and  managed  by  a  Board  of  Fire  Engin- 
eers under  a  most  admirable  system. 

The  following  is  the  roster  of  the  department  at  pres- 
ent : 

Henry  Meisser,  Chief  Engineer,  J.  H.  Ay  era,  First 
Assistant,  Wm.  H.  Shinn,  Second  Assistant. 

Board  of  Fire  Engineers — Mayor  Berrian,  e:r-oj^cj'o 
President;  John  Tillson,  Philip  Steinbaeh,  Henry  Meis- 
ser, William  H.  Shinn ;  John  H.  Ayers  Sec'y. 


COMPANIES. 

QuiNCY,  No.  1 — Steamer  James  M.  Pitman.  Tom 
J.  Heirs,  Pres.,  Wm.  M.  A  vise.  Vice  Pres.,  E.  Eaton, 
Sec'y,  D.  G.  Williams,  Treas. 

John  Metzger,  foreman,  T.  Dyke,  assistant  foreman, 
John  W.  Schulte,  foreman  of  hose,  R  H.  Benneson  en- 
gineer. 

Water  Witch  No.  2 — Steamer  James  D.  Morgan, 
and  hand  engine.  Frank  Scheiner,  foreman,  Henry 
TJrmstead  assistant  foreman,  M.  McDonnell,  sec'}',  L. 
Bull,  treas. 

Liberty  No.  3 — Hand  Engine.  Henry  Lagcman, 
foreman,  Bernard  Eathman,  sec'y. 

Neptune  No.  4 — Steamer  John  Wood,  and  hand  cr« 
gine.  John  A.  Steinbaeh,  foreman,  T.  S.  Clark,  assistant 
foreman,  Frank  Smith,  sec'y,  J.  Fisher,  treas. 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  245 

PnoENix  No.  5 — Hand  Engine.     Ilcniy  Stcinkamp, 
foreman,  J.  L.  Pfau,  jr..  fccc'y. 

Rough  and  Eeady  No.  G — Hand  Engine.  John  Wav- 
ering, foreman,  Wm.  llclmbold,  sec'y. 

Pioneer  Hook  and  Ladder  Co.  No.  1 — Henry  Gail, 
foreman,  Henry  Eothgeb,  sec'y. 


The  steamers,  hand  engines,  hose,  equipments,  and 
engine  houses  at  present  under  control  of  the  Board  arc 
vahied  at  857,595. 

No  city  of  Quincy's  size  in  the  Union  is  better  pro- 
vided in  this  respect  than  is  our  own,  and  all  that  is  re- 
quired to  make  our  security  against  fire  perfect,  is  the 
promised  water  works,  which  will  undoubtedly  be  built 
within  two  years. 

Under  the  present  system,  public  cisterns  for  the  use 
of  the  department  are  built  in  various  portions  of  the 
city,  and  are  kept  constantly  full  of  water,  to  be  used 
in  case  of  fire. 

The  past  twelve  months  we  liave  but  fourteen  fires 
to  record,  only  one  of  which,  the  C.  B.  &  Q.  Freight 
Depot,  was  a  serious  conflagration.  The  total  loss  by 
fire  for  the  year  1869;  was  $G0,050,  mostly  covered  by 
insurance. 


246  HISTORY    OF    Ql'iNCr. 


ii^0.^.  B*  F*  MMMMi^^i,  M^rQ^  QSf  Qwi^(^T» 


OR    "MKN    OF    mark"    IN    QUTNCY. 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  hiis  ever  since  coming  to 
Quincy  had  a  large  interest  in  its  welfare  and  prosper- 
ity, and  though  apparently  figuring  little  in  active  busi- 
ness circles,  has  wielded  an  influence  second  to  none  of 
our  leading  citizens. 

Benjamin  F.  Berrian  is  a  native  of  the  city  of  I^ew 
York,  w^here  he  was  born  Oct.  2d,  1831.  In  1844  he 
came  to  Quincy,  and  commenced  farming,  at  the  same 
time  superintending  his  brother's  interests  in  real 
estate  in  and  adjacent  to  the  city.  Owning  a  large 
amount  of  property  in  the  city,  and  having  an  interest 
in  the  management  of  its  aifairs,  in  1857  he  was  elected 
to  the  common  council  from  the  4th  ward,  and  on  the 
expiration  of  his  term  in  1859,  was  re-elected.  Eetir- 
ing  from  the  council  in  1861,  he  mingled  little  in  poli- 
tics until  1869,  when  he  was  nominated  for  mayor,  and 
elected  by  the  largest  majority  but  one  ever  given  for 
that  office.  This  position  he  now  fills,  discharging  its 
duties  in  a  manner  alike  creditable  to  himself  and  the 
city. 

A  man  of  warm  impulses,  and  genial  and  affable  man 
ners.  Mayor  Berrian,  long  before  his  election   to   office, 
was  one  of  the  most  popular  of  our  citizens,  and  to-day 
has  as  many  political  and  personal  friends  as   any   one 
in  the  communit}'. 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  247 


RAILROADS. 


Those  who  have  given  little  time  to  investigating  tho 
history  of  our  railroads,  and  who  w^ere  not  immediately 
connected  with  them,  have  but  a  faint  idea  of  the  diffi- 
culties with  w^hich  our  citizens  contended,  in  success- 
fully carrying  out  their  early  enterprises  of  this  kind. 
Few  of  those  who  now  enjoy  the  advantages  of  tho 
magnificent  system  of  railroads  centering  here,  know, 
or  think  of  the  trials  and  struggles  of  their  enterprising 
originators  to  bring  about  this  grand  consummation. — 
Those  however  who  w^ere  intimately  connected  with 
these  undertakings;  and  through  whose  indomitable 
perseverance  and  untiring  energy  they  were  successful- 
ly carried  out,  can  now  point  with  pride  to  the  thor- 
oughly equipped  and  admirably  managed  roads  entering 
Quincy  as  monuments  to  their  sagacity  and  foresight. 
Three  great  lines  of  road  terminate  here  at  present, 
affording  facilities  and  connections  unsurpassed  by  any 
city  in  the  Union.     The  oldest  of  these  roads  is  the 


CHICAGO,  BUELINGTON  &  QUINCY, 

Which  was  completed  and  put  in  running  order  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1S5G.  That  part  of  the  road  between  Quincy 
and  Galesburg,  was  built  by  the  Northern  Cross  Kail- 
road  Company,  and  was  known  as  the  Northern  Cross 
Railroad  until  1857.     The  history  of  this   road    would 


248  HISTORY    OF    QUINCT. 

prove  of  decided  interest  to  many  of  our  readers  who 
are  not  conversant  with  its  varied  fortunes  from  its  ori- 
gin to  the  present  time.  Want  of  space,  however,  pre- 
vents us  detailinc:  at  ieno;th  these  events. 

Under  the  internal  improvement  system,  inaugurated 
by  the  State  in  1837,  various  lines  of  raih'oad  were  prc- 
Bcribed  by  the  Legislature,  among  which  was  the 
"  Northern  Cross  Kailroad,  from  Quincy,  on  the  Missis- 
sippi river,  via  Columbus  and  Clayton  in  Adams  coun- 
ty, Mt.  Sterling  in  Brown  county,  Meredosia  and  Jack- 
sonville in  Morgan  county,  Springfield  in  Sangamon 
count}',  Decatur  in  Macon  county,  Sidney  in  Champaign 
county,  and  Danville  in  Yermillion  county,  thence  to 
the  State  Line,  in  the  direction  of  Lafayette,  Indiana." 

Under  this  system  the  State  commenced  the  con- 
struction of  railroads  in  various  sections  of  the  State, 
but  in  the  course  of  three  or  four  years  broke  down, 
having  expended  some  §8,000,000,  and  put  in  operation 
only  sixty  miles  of  road  from  Meredosia  to  Springfield, 
and  this  constructed  in  the  most  inferior  manner.  This 
was  a  part  of  the  original  "Northern  Cross  Eailroad," 
and  was  managed  by  the  State  for  several  years,  when 
by  order  of  the  Legislature  it  was  sold  at  public  auc- 
tion. 

On  the  10th  day  of  February,  IS-ID,  the  Legislature 
passed  an  act  incorporating  the  Northern  Cross  Rail- 
road Company,  with  James  M.  Pitman,  Samuel  Holmes, 
John  Wood,  C.  A.  Warren,  Gershom  B.  Dimock,  Hiram 
Boyle  and  Isaac  IST.  Morris  of  Adams  count}',  and  James 
Brockman  and  James  W.  Singleton  of  Brown  county, 
their  associates,  successors,  assigns,  &c.,  with  power  to 
construct,  maintain  and  use  a  railroad   from   the   west 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  249 

bank  of  the  Illinois  river,  opposite  the  town  of  Meredosia, 
to  the  Mississippi  river  at  Qiiincy: 

In  pursuance  of  an  act  passed  by  the  Legislature  in 
October,  1849,  Augustus  C.  French,  then  Governor, 
offered  for  sale  that  part  of  the  said  old  Northern  Cross 
Railroad  lying  between  the  Illinois  and  Mississippi 
rivers — and  James  W.  Singleton,  Samuel  Holmes,  Hor- 
ace S.  Cooley,  Calvin  A.  Warren,  James  M.  Pitman  and 
Isaac  N.  Morris  became  the  purchasers  for  $1850,  pay- 
able in  State  indebtedness. 

On  the  road  thus  purchased,  there  had  been  upwards 
of  §500,000  expended  by  the  State  between  Quincy  and 
Clayton. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  proprietors,  on  the  19th  of  Feb- 
ruary, 1850,  it  was  recommended,  "  to  the  present  own- 
ers of  the  road  to  subscribe^  ten  thousand  dollars  of  the 
capital  stock  of  the  same,  in  proportion  to  their  respect- 
ive interests  therein."  In  pursuance  of  this  recommen- 
dation books  were  opened,  and  the  proprietors  subscrib- 
ed the  following  shares. 

I.  N.  Morris  15,  J.  W.  Singleton  15,  James  M.  Pitman 
15,  Calvin  A.  Warren  10,  Samuel  Holmes  15,  O.  C.  Skin- 
ner 5,  N.  Bushnell  5,  II.  S.  Cooley  5,  Amos  Green  4, 
Bartlett  &  Sullivan  3,  Henry  Asbury  2,  Newton  Flagg 
3,  E.  Moore  3.  Making  100  shares  equal  to  $10,000,  the 
number  of  shares  required  to  enable  the  companj'  to 
formally  organize.  The  following  Directors  and  Offi- 
cers were  then  elected  : — I.  N.  Morris,  Jas.  W.  Single- 
ton, Jas.  M.  Pitman,  N.  Bushnell,  and  N,  Flagg,  Direct- 
ors— I.  N.  Morris,  Pres.,  Ebenezer  Moore,  Treas.,  and 
Samuel  Holmes,  Sec'j'. 

The  Company  now  purchased  from  the    proprietors. 


250  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

the  road  and  appurtenances  purchased  from  the  State, 
and  prepared  for  active  work.  Their  efforts  however, 
proved  abortive,  until  the  winter  of  1850-1,  when  an 
arrangement  was  effected  between  the  company  and 
the  citizens  of  Qiiincy,  by  which  the  city  subscribed 
$100,000  stock,  payable  in  bonds.  The  company  was 
to  have  $20,000  of  this  stock  as  representing  their  in- 
terest, and  a  new  election  of  Directors  and  Officers  was 
to  be  held. 

After  this  subscription  a  new  election  was  held,  and 
Nehemiah  Bushnell,  Hiram  Eogers,  Lorenzo  Bull,  Jas. 
M.  Pitman  and  Jas.  D.  Morgan  were  chosen  Directors. 
Nehemiah  Bushnell  was  then  elected  President. 

Under  this  organization  the  company  went  vigorous- 
ly to  work,  and  located  and  graded  the  road  from  Quin- 
cy  to  Clayton,  and  had  contracted  for  the  necessary 
iron.  The  road  was  also  located  to  Mt.  Sterling,  and 
the  contracts  for  the  work  made  with  responsible  par- 
ties, when  some  dissatisfaction  having  arisen  in  Brown 
county,  the  company  were  unable  to  get  the  bonds 
previously  subscribed  by  that  county.  This  important 
circumstance,  together  with  the  further  important  fact 
that  the  Sangamon  &  Morgan  Eailroad  Co.  had  always 
been  hostile  to  a  connection  with  our  road,  satisfied  the 
company  that  anv  further  effort  to  reach  the  Illinois 
river  at  that  time  was  useless. 

The  object  had  up  to  that  time  been  to  construct  a 
T-oad  from  Quincy  to  Meredosia,  but  they  were  now 
compelled  reluctantly  to  suspend  operations  in  that  di- 
rection. 

It  was  at  this  time  that  the  company,  resolved  upon 
having  a  railroad  outlet  for  Quincy,  turned  its  attention 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  251 

northward,  and  Rought  other  connections.  Tlie  compa- 
nj'  previously,  in  1851,  had  procured  an  act  of  the  Leg- 
ish\ture,  authorizing  them  to  build  a  lateral  road,  branch- 
ing oft*  from  the  main  lino  in  Adams  county  in  the  di- 
rection of  Chicago,  and  when  they  found  it  impossible 
to  reach  the  Illinois  river  they  entered  into  a  contract 
•with  the  Central  Military  Tract  Railroad  Co.,  then  or- 
ganized to  build  a  road  north  from  Galesburg,  in  which 
for  the  purpose  of  better  securing  the  construction  of 
both  roads,  it  was  mutually  agreed  that  neither  would 
contract  with  any  parties  for  building  its  road  who 
would  not  at  the  same  time  agree  to  build  the  other,  so  as 
to  secure  to  both  roads  a  through  line  from  Quincy  to 
Chicago.  Prior  to  this  parties  interested  in  the  Michi- 
gan Central  Kailroad  had  acquired  control  of  the  Auro- 
ra Branch  Eailroad,  extending  from  Chicago  to  Mendo- 
ta,  and  were  desirous  of  reaching  the  Mississippi  river. 
In  November,  1852,  therefore,  Nehemiah  Bushnell, 
President  of  the  Northern  Cross  Eailroad  Company, 
proceeded  to  Detroit,  with  a  view  if  possible  of  interest- 
ing Messrs.  J.  W.  Brooks  and  Jas.  F.  Joy,  who  repre- 
sented the  parties  controlling  the  Aurora  Branch  Eoad, 
in  the  immediate  construction  of  our  Northern  Branch. 
The  negotiations  then  commenced,  led  in  June,  1853,  to 
a  final  arrangement  for  building  the  entire  line  from 
Quincy  to  Chicago. 

The  city  of  Quincy  made  a  farther  subscription  of 
§100,000,  and  its  citizens  also  subscribed  §100,000.— 
Other  parties  along  the  line  now  subscribed  to  the  en- 
terprise, and  it  was  pushed  forward  vigorously,  but  not 
witJiout  delay  and  diiliculties.  In  the  latter  part  of 
January,  185G,  the  entire  road  from  Quincy  to  Galesburg 


252  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 

was  completed  at  a  cost  of  $3,600,000,  and  on  the  first 
day  of  Februaiy,  following,  the  first  through  train  pass- 
ed over  the  road.  The  road  north  from  Galesburir  to 
Chicago  had  been  completed  in  the  meantime,  and  thus 
we  had  an  unbroken  line  from  Quincy  to  Chicago. — 
From  the  time  the  company  was  re-organized  in  1851, 
during  the  whole  period  of  the  construction  from  Quin- 
cy to  Galesburg,  and  up  to  the  consolidation  as  the 
Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  Eailroad,  in  1861,  Nehe- 
miah  Bushnell  continued  President  of  the  Company, 
with  Lorenzo  Bull,  Jas.  D.  Morgan,  Hiram  Eogers, 
John  "Wood,  and  James  M.  Pitman,  Directors. 

The  road  thus  built,  after  so  many  trials,  and  under 
80  many  difficulties,  has  now  become  an  integral  por- 
tion of  a  long  line  of  consolidated  roads,  second  in  im- 
portance to  none  in  the  west,  extending  from  Quincy 
to  Chicago,  and  branching  from  Galesburg  to  Burling- 
ton and  Peoria,  and  through  Lewiston  and  Rushville, 
embracing  in  its  operations  upwards  of  five  hundred 
miles  of  first-class  roads,  perhaps  the  best  equipped, 
best  managed,  and  most  successful  business  railroad  in 
the  whole  country.  The  eifect  of  the  completion  of  this 
road  upon  Quincy  may  well  be  imagined.  Business 
started  anew,  and  grew  to  magnificent  proportions,  our 
population  was  augmented  by  thrifty  mechanics  and 
laborers  from  the  east,  new  branches  of  manufacture 
and  business  were  established,  and  in  a  short  time 
Quincy  merged  into  an  active  metropolitan  city.  Not 
only  were  we  thus  indirectly  benefitted,  but  the  road 
itself  established  here  shops  which  have  since  employ- 
ed hundreds  of  men,  built  frei^-ht  houses  where  a  larjr© 
number  of  laborers  are  constantly  engaged;  and  in  vari- 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  253 

ous  ways  contributed  to  augment  the  population,  and 
increase  the  wealth  of  our  cit}".  The  next  road  con- 
structed in  which  Quincy  had  a  deep  interest,  and 
which  was  a  Quincy  enterprise,  was  the  road  from 
Quincy  to  Meredosia,  now  a  part  of  the 


TOLEDO,  WABASn  &  WESTEEN  KAILWAY. 

This  road  was  built  under  an  act  of  the  Legislature 
of  Illinois,  incorporating  the  Quincy  and  Toledo  Eail- 
road,  and  the  route  of  the  road  was  the  one  orignally 
attempted  by  the  Northern  Cross  Eailroad  Company, 
but  which  was  abandoned  in  consequence  of  opposition 
and  difficulties  met  with.  Subsequently,  Hon.  Jas.  W. 
Singleton  obtained  a  charter,  and  proceeded  to  con- 
struct the  road  from  Camp  Point  in  Adams  County,  to 
the  Illinois  river  at  Meredosia.  In  this  enterprise,  as 
in  the  one  above  quoted,  General  Singleton  met  with 
obstacles  that  seemed  to  threaten  the  success  of  the 
project,  but  with  that  determination  proverbial  in  him, 
he  fought  the  road  through,  and  not  only  completed 
and  set  it  in  operation,  but  also  constructed  a  bridge 
for  its  use  over  the  Illinois. 

Building  a  railroad  then  and  now  were  vastly  differ- 
ent undertakino-s.  Then  there  was  none  of  that  enthu- 
eiasm  for  them  that  prevails  now,  and  those  who  had 
not  experimented  with  them,  nor  knew  the  benefits  to 
be  derived  from  their  construction,  Avcre  disposed  to 
stand  aloof  and  withhold  their  aid  and  encouragement. 
Against  allobstacles  however  that  presented  themselves 
Gen.  Singleton,  as  we  have    said,  contended,   until    he 


254  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

constructed  a  road  from  Camp  Point  to  the  Illinois 
river.  At  the  Illinois  river  it  connected  with  what  was 
called  the  Great  Western  Eailroad,  and  thus  on  to  To- 
ledo and  the  seaboard.  From  Cam]>  Point  to  Quincy 
its  trains  used  the  track  of  the  C.  B.  &  Q.  R.  E.,  and 
thus  it  gave  us  another  route  from  Qnincy  to  the  east. 
The  advantages  thus  secured  cannot  be  over-estimated. 
Competition  in  through  freight  to  and  from  the  east 
followed,  and  our  city  was  soon  placed,  as  regards  rail- 
roads and  business  facilities,  on  a  par  with  St.  Louis, 
and  other  western  points.  After  various  changes  and 
consolidations,  this  road  finally  merged  into  the  Tole- 
do, Wabash  &  Western  Railway,  which  now  forms  an 
unbroken  line  from  Quincy  to  the  cast.  Like  the  C.  B.& 
Q.,  this  road  is  managed  by  experienced  and  thorough 
railroad  men,  and  is  equipped  and  stocked  in  a  style  un- 
surpassed by  any  road  in  the  Union.  The  last  of  our 
roads  built  was  the  Quincy  &  Palmyra,  which  has  since 
merged  into  the 


HANNIBAL  &  ST.  JOSEPH  RAIL  ROAD. 

This  road  is  virtually  the  Quincy  &  St.  Joseph,  as 
most  of  its  freight  and  business  passes  over  the  Quincy 
Railroad  Bridge  at  this  point.  That  part  of  the  road 
known  as  the  Quincy  &  Palmyra,  and  which  was  built 
by  our  citizens,  although  only  twelve  miles  long,  was  a 
very  important  item  to  our  city.  The  Hannibal  &  St. 
Joseph  Railroad,  which  runs  entirely  across  the  State 
of  Missouri  had  been  built,  and  made  its  eastern  termi- 
nus 'at  Hannibal.     It  penetrated    a  country  naturally 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  255 

tributary  to  Qiiincy,  and  was  thus  pouring  into  Hanni- 
bal the  wealth  and  produce  of  this  region.  To  check- 
mate this  it  required  only  twelve  miles  of  railroad  from 
Quinc}''  to  Palmyra,  to  connect  us  with  the  ITannibal 
A  St.  Joseph  llailroad,  and  thus  afford  our  merchants 
and  business  men  speedy  communication  with  the  citi- 
zens along  its  line. 

Our  prominent  citizens  realizing  the  s^ituation  at  once 
put  their  shoulders  to  the  w^iecl,  and  the  Quincy  & 
Palmyra  Pail  road  Company  was  promptly'  organized, 
with  Col.  Samuel  Holmes  as  its  President.  Unfortun- 
ately, it  began  operations  in  1856,  and  about  the  time 
it  commenced  work  in  earnest  the  crisis  of  1857  lower- 
ed upon  the  country,  stagnating  business,  and  retarding 
enterprises  of  every  kind.  jSTotwithstanding  this  the 
road  was  completed  in  1859,  and  operated  as  an  inde- 
pendent road  for  many  years.  In  1806  it  was  purchas- 
ed by  the  Hannibal  &  St.  Joseph  Eailroad,  and  thus  wo 
have  an  unbroken  line  from  Quincy  to  St.  Joseph,  Mo., 
and  thence  on  to  the  Pacific  coast. 

This  road  is  now  one  of  the  best  constructed  and 
safest  roads  in  the  country,  and  its  management  com- 
prises some  of  the  most  experienced  and  skillful  rail- 
road men  in  the  Union. 


PvEMAPKS. 

It  is  difficult  to  estimate  the  benefits  derived  from 
these  roads  by  our  city.  Each  gives  employment  to  a 
large  number  of  men,  and  annually  spends  large  sums 
of  money.     Their  freight   houses,    machine  shops,  and 


256  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

offices  are  constantly  alive  with  the  din  and  bustle  of 
business,  and  are  a  marked  acquisition  to  our  city.  The 
amount  of  territory  made  tributary  to  Quincy  by  these 
iron  ties,  and  the  wealth  and  products  annually  brought 
here,  are  considerations  of  importance  that  must  b  '  re- 
alized by  every  thinking  citizen,  and  we  should  there- 
fore hail  with  delight  every  move  to  increase  our  facili- 
ties in  this  respect,  and  extend  our  present  admirable 
system. 


HORSE  RAILWAY. 


Quincy  is  decidedly  an  enterprising  city,  and  is  al- 
waj's  prompt  to  advantage  herself  of  such  modern  im- 
provements as  are  calculated  to  advance  her  interests, 
or  benefit  her  citizens.  It  was  not  strange,  therefore, 
that  she  should  follow  in  the  wake  of  other  metropoli- 
tan ciiies,  and  secure  a  horse  railway.  This  cntcrj)rise 
was  completed  in  the  fall  of  1867,  and  has  been  in  ope- 
ration since.  Although  only  a  mile  and  a  half  long,  it 
is  well  patronized,  and  cars  run  at  intervals  of  half  an 
hour  during  the  dny,  and  until  late  at  night.  It  is  con- 
templated to  extend  it  at  an  early  day. 


msTORV    Ol'    QIINCV.  ^57 


I*,  S»  FEXF£J^LJ^»  Cdt8u:r:^JS  iST:\*^TiQ,ysJL  Baj^«» 


OR.    '^  MEN    OF    MARK        IX    QIITXCT. 


Few  men  liave  been  more  iDtimatelv  itlentified  with 
the  progress  and  development  of  (^uincy,  than  U.  S. 
Pentiekl,  Cashier  First  National  Bank. 

A  native  of  New  York,  as  early  as  1838  ho  cast  his 
fortunes  with  our  cit}^,  locating  here  and  engaging  in 
the  mercantile  business.  Subsequently  he  engaged  in 
the  milliuir  business,  and  with  John  B.  Brown,  now  de- 
ceased,  erected  the  Star  Mills,  that  stood  near  the  cor- 
ner of  P^ront  and  Spring  streets,  and  were  removed  to 
give  way  to  the  C.  B.  k  Q.  E.  31.  depot  and  yards.  Up- 
on the  retirement  of  Mr.  Clark,  first  cashier  of  the 
Quinc3'  Savings  Bank,  now  the  First  National,  l^fr.  Pen- 
field  Avas  called  to  that  responsible  position,  which  ho 
has  filled  for  eleven  years.  His  services  in  this  position 
are  known  to  the  entire  business  community  of  Quincy, 
and  the  best  evidence  of  their  appreciation  by  the  bank 
is  to  be  found  in  his  repeated  election  by  its'  Directors, 
and  the  liberal  salary  paid  him  by  the  institution. 

Possessed  of  rare  business  qualifications,  and  devoted 
to  the  duties  of  his  position,  Mr.  Penfield  has  as  Cash- 
ier of  the  First  National  Jiank,  made  a  reputation  as 
a  skilled  and  thorough  financier,  and  also  won  thecon- 
fidonfc  and  esteom  i^\' o\'oy\  r-itizon  of  Quiiu-v. 

17 


258 


HISTORY    OP    QUINCY. 


FAVORITE  ROUTE  EAST 


mmEm 


-**§ 


BURLINGTON  AND  aUINCY 


RAILROAD  LINE. 


Passengers  going  East  by  this  route  have  the  advantage  of 

Through  Express  Trains  Daily 

FROM  KANSAS  CITY,  ST.  JOSEPH,  AND  QUINCY 

Making  close  and  sure  connections  at  Chicago  with  the  Four  Great 
Through  Lines  to  the  East. 


ONLY  ONE  CHANGE  OF  CARS 

From  Kansas  City  or  Quincy  to 

lllllfiJlillFIILLS,tlH[im,ByFfllLO,PinSByilG 

Rochester,  Syracuse,  Albany,  Columbus, 


iMlRG 


) 


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! 


And  other  principal  points  East. 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  259 

CHICAGO, 

BURLINGTON  AND  QUINCY 

RAILROAD  LINE. 


THE  ONLY  ROAD  FROM  QUINCY 

Giving  passengers  a  choice  of  three  different  routes 
TO  New  York,  with  but  one  change  of  cars. 


Elegant  Twelve-Wheeled  Coaches  and  Sleeping  Cars 

Accompany  all   Express  Trains. 
TII^  0]\I.Y  ROUTE  RITINIVIXO 

PUWI'SMAiiilFIKHTSLEEPillGCUCIIES! 

JFVoiii  Qitincy  on  Jill  JVight  Trains. 

Through  Tickets  Sold  at  all  Principal  Offices 

At  as  low  Kates  as  by  any  other  Route. 

BAGGAGE  CHECKED  THROUGH  AND  HANDLED  FREE. 

B^^  Passengers  going  East  should   be  particular  lo   ask  for 
Tickets  via  Chicago. 

ROBERT  HARRIS,  E.  A.  PARKER, 

Gen'lSup't,  Chicago.       Gen.  West.  Pass.  Agt.,  Chicago. 


2G0  HI-iTOHY    OF    yLlNCY. 


PROJECTED  RAILROADS. 


Daring  tlie  past  3*car  our  citizens  have  taken  steps  ta 
vastly  strengthen  and  extend  the  railroad  system  of 
which  Quincy  is  the  center.  At  least  three  new  roads 
have  been  projected,  and  are  now  placed  upon  a  basis 
that  guarantees  their  speedy  completion.  These  roads 
are  the  Quinc}^,  Missouri  &  Pacific,  the  Quincy  &  Car- 
thage, and  the  Quincy,  Alton  &  St.  Louis,  In  addition 
to  these  may  also  be  mentioned  the  Mississippi  &  Mis- 
souri Eiver  Air  Line  Railroad,  whose  organization  is  of 
an  older  date,  and  upon  which  considerable  work  has 
already  been  done.  This  also  has  its  eastern  terminus 
in  this  city.     The 


QUI^X%  MISSOUEI  &  PACIFIC  E.  E. 

which  may  be  emphatically  called  a  Quincy  institution, 
having  first  had  life  and  stability  infused  into  it  by  the 
genius  and  enterprise  of  our  citizens,  has  progressed  in 
public  favor  with  wondrous  rapidity  ever  since  the  for- 
mal organization  of  the  company  at  Kirksville,  in  June 
last,  and  already  the  preliminary  survey  has  been  made, 
and  the  route  is  now  being  located.  The  length  of  the 
proposed  line  is  estimated  at^230  miles,  and  under  the 
laws  of  Missouri  relating  to  railroads,  the  necessary 
one  thousand  dollars  per  mile  was  subscribed,  and  five 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  2G1 

per  cent,  paid  in  at  the  date  of  organization.  The  route 
of  the  road  is  from  West  Quincy,  thence  north-west 
through  the  counties  of  Marion,  Jjewis,  Knox  via  Edi- 
na,  Adair  via  Kirksville,  Sullivan,  Grundy,'  Harrison, 
Gentry,  Xodawa}'  and  Atchison,  in  the  State  of  Missou- 
ri, to  a  point  on  the  east  bank  of  the  Missouri  river, 
opposite  the  cit}'  of  Brownville,  Nebraska.  On  the 
preliminary  survey,,  recently  completed,  a  very  favor- 
able line  was  found  from  river  to  river,  with  a  maxi- 
n\um  grade  of  sixty-six  fe«^t  to  the  mile,  and  with  easy 
curvatures  throuiz-hout. 

Municipal  subscriptions  to  the  amount  of  §1.200,000 
have  already  been  voted  to  this  road,  and  arrangements 
made  for  taking  the  vote  of  other  counties  and  town- 
ships for  additional  subscriptions  to  the  amount  of 
$1,100,000. 

The  Directors  of  this  Company  are  Ex-Gov.  Wood, 
C.  A.  Savage,  Thomas  Eedmond,  Thomas  Jasper,  C.  11. 
Bull,  T.  E.  Selmes,  C.  M.  Pomroy,  Geo.  Adams,  John 
Winterbottom,  W.  C.  Ilillis,  J.  M.DeFrance,  M.  G.  Eose- 
berrv,  and  J.  S.  Church.  The  officers  are  Chas.  A.  Sav- 
age,  Pres.,  Geo.  S.  King,  Sec'y.,  C.  H.  Bull,  Treas.,  and 
John  ir.  Schermerhorn,  Chief  Etigineer. 

Under  the  manaijcement  and  direction  of  citizens  of 
such  acknowledged  energy  and  enterprise,  it  may  be 
safel}''  anticij)ated  that  the  1st  of  Januar}',  1871  will 
find  this  road  far  on  its  way  to  completion,  Avhen  anoth- 
er triumph  in  the  consummation  of  Quincy's  greatness 
will  have  been  achieved. 


262  HISTORY    OP   QUINCY. 

Not  le88  progressive  has  been  the 

•QUINCY  k  CAETHAGE  E.  E., 

Since  the  organization  of  that  Company.  Its  Directors 
and  Officers  at  once  set  to  work  with  commendable 
energy,  and  have  the  completion  of  their  road  at  an 
early  date  guaranteed  beyond  peradventure.  This  Com- 
pany also  was  the  creation  of  the  year  1870,  and  organ- 
ized with  the  following  Directors  : — O.  C.  Skinner, 
Thomas  Jasper,  Samuel  E.  Chittenden,  Hiram  G.  Ferris 
and  David  A.  Patterson. 

Hon.  O.  C.  Skinner  was  chosen  President,  James  M. 
Bishop,  Sec'y.,  and  Hiram  G.  Ferris,  Treasurer. 

The  route  of  this  road  is  almost  due  north  from 
Quincy,  passing  through  Mendon  and  Keene  town- 
ships in  Adams  county,  thence  on  through  St.  Albans, 
Bear  Creek  and  Prairie  townships  in  Hancock  county, 
to  Carthage,  where  connections  with  other  roads  are 
contemplated  that  will  open  up  to  Quincy  a  vast  section 
of  rich  territory,  besides  affording  her  another  railroad 
outlet  to  the  lakes  and  seaboard. 

Some  $300,000  in  subscriptions  has  been  voted  to  this 
road,  and  we  learn  that  work  will  be  commenced  at 
once,  grading  and  tieing  the  same,  the  survey  being 
nearly  completed. 

This  will  form  an  important  item  in  our  railroad  sys- 
tem, and  will  pour  into  our  city  untold  wealth  and  com- 
merce that  has  heretofore  been  isolated  from  the  mar- 
ket. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  263 

Another  important  road,  and  one  that   our   buwiness 
interests,  have  long  demanded,  is  the 


QUINCY,  AJyrON  &  ST.  LOUIS  R.  R. 

A  company  to  construct  this  railroad  was  organized 
September  10th,  1809,  with  the  following  Directors  : — 
Jas.  W.  Singleton,  E.  S.  Benneson,  A.  J.  F.  Prevost, 
Wm.  Bowles,  C.  II.  Curtis,  Edward  Wells,  Eli  Seehorn, 
Perry  Alexander,  and  C.  L.  Iligbee.  The  officers  are 
Jas.  W.  Singleton,  Pres.,  Thomas  T.  Woodruff,  Sec'y 
and  Treasurer. 

All  of  the  ijentlemen  identified  with  this  road  are 
men  of  untiring  energy  and  enterprise,  to  several  of 
whom  our  city  is  already  indebted  for  many  enterprises 
of  a  public  character  that  have  been  potent  in  advanc- 
ing her  in  wealth  or  commercial  prestige.  Although 
the  last  of  the  companies  organized  the  past  year,  it 
has  prepared  for  earnest  work,  and  a  corps  of  engineers 
are  in  the  field  engaged  in  the  preliminary  survey. 

The  route  of  this  road  will  propably  be  almost  due 
south,  via  Payson,  Barry,  and  on  to  Alton  and  St.  Louis. 
6200,000  has  now  been  voted  to  the  road  by  Adams 
county,  while  a  considerable  additional  sum  will  un- 
doubtedly be  voted  by  townships  along  the  proposed 
route  after  the  survey  has  been  made.  Several  of  the 
richest  counties  in  the  State  will  be  penetrated  by  this 
road,  and  it  will  result  in  vast  advantage  to  the  trade 
and  commerce  of  Quincy.  A  direct  connection  will 
also  be  formed  with  St.  Louis,  which  cannot  fail  to 
prove  mutually  beneficial. 


264  lUSTOKY    OF    QUINCY 


Mississirn  et  missouiu  luver  airline  r.  r. 

Although  of  older  date  than  any  of  the  above,  properly 
comes  within  this  article,  it  being  now  in  process  of  con- 
struction. It  also  has  its  eastern  teminus  at  Quincy, 
from  which  it  runs  north  to  LaGrange  and  Canton, 
and  thence  west  to  Memphis,  &c.  Considerable  aid  has 
been  voted  this  road  and  the  management  are  pushing 
it  forward  with  vigor  and  industry.  A  large  force  of 
hands  are  now  at  work  between  Quincy  and  LaGrange, 
and  it  is  anticipated  that  the  road  between  Quincy  and 
Canton  will  be  ready  for  the  iron  the  coming  spring. 

With  these  roads  completed,  what  an  era  of  prosper- 
ity must  dawn  upon  Quincy,  and  what  strides  she  will 
make  in  the  race  for  metropolitan  superiority.  Her 
trade  must  rapidly  increase,  her  population  largely  aug- 
ment, her  manufactures  extend  in  every  department 
until  her  commercial  wealth  and  power  declare  her 
master  of  the  up})er  Mississippi. 


HISTORY    <'F    Ql'lNrV.  2G5 


WK^umLi^  WM^^J^,  CQjy'^ris^^crQs, 


OR     '>  M  K  \    OK     W  A  R  K"    T  \    Q  T'  1  X  C  Y. 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  ranks  with  the  most  en- 
terprising of  our  citizens,  and  has  C(^ntril)uted  his  full 
share  to  the  prosperity  of  Quincy. 

AVendelin  Weber  was  born  in  llessc  Darmstadt,  Ger- 
many, wdierc  he  received  his  education,  and  also  learn- 
ed the  trade  of  a  stone  cutter.  In  1838  he  emigrated 
to  the  United  States,  and  the  same  ^^ear  located  in 
Quincy.  Arriving  hero  without  a  dollar  he  at  once  ob- 
tained work  at  his  trade,  and  by  his  energy  and  indus- 
try soon  acquired  sufficient  means  to  establish  himself 
in  business  as  a  contractor.  At  this  he  has  been  very 
successful,  and  in  addition  to  erecting  many  buildings 
for  others,  and  contracting  extensively  in  the  city,  and 
on  various  railroads,  Mr.  Weber  has  also  built  several 
fine  structures  on  his  own  account,  that  add  materially 
to  the  w^^alth  and  beauty  of  Quincy. 

In  18G7  ]\rr,  Weber  was  elected  a  member  of  the  City 
Council,  and  on  the  expiration  of  his  term  in  18G0,  Was 
re-elected  to  the  same  position.  As  a  member  of  this 
body  he  has  been  active  and  enei'getic,  antl  has  efficient- 
ly served  the  city.  (Jenerous  and  public  sjtirited,  no 
citizen  of  Quincy  has  been  more  earnest  in  advancing 
her  interests  than  Wendelin  Weber. 


266  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 


TO 


Missouri,  Kansas,  STebraska,  Colorado,  S7ew  IMEez- 
ico,  Utah,  Idaho,  Nevada,  California, 

Should  buy  tickets  via  the  short  route 

HiilBAL  &  ST.  I 

RAILROAD  JmINE, 


DAILY  EXPRESS  TRAINS 

From  Quincy  or  Macon  to  St.  Joseph, 


A.LSO    DIRECT    TO 


KANSAS  CITY! 

irithout  Change  of  Cars  I 

ConnectioDs  are  close  and  direct  for 

Atcliison,  VUeston, 


•AND- 


I^EIA-^V^JEIVWOBLTH. 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  267 

Other  Connections  are  made 

At  St.  Joseph  with  St.  Joseph  &  Council  Bluffs  R.  R. 


AT   OMAHA  WITH 

NEBRASKA  UNION  PACIFIC    R.  R.  FOR  FORT 
KEARNEY,  CHEYENNE,   UINTAH,  PROM- 
ONTORY,   SACRAMENTO,    SAN 
FRANCISCO,    &c., 

And  at  Cheyenne  with  Daily  Overland  Stages  for  Denver,  Central 
City,  Salt  Lake,  and  the  Mining  Regions. 


At  Kansas  City  with  Kansas  Pacific  Railway  for 
LAWRESCE,  OTTAWA,  TOPEKA,  FORT  RILEY.  JUM'TIOS  CITY,  FORT  BAYS,  8HERIDA5, 

Daily  Overland  Coaches  via  Smoky  Hill  Route  leave  the  Western 
Terminus  Kansas  Pacific  Railway  for 

Denver,  Central  City,  Santa  Fe, 

And  all  Points  in  the  Mining  Regions. 


At  Kansas  City  with  Mo.  River,  Ft.  Scott  &  Gulf  R.  R.  for 

FT.  SCOTT,  CHEROKEE  NEUTRAL  LANDS,  FT.  GIBSON, 

GAIiVESTOVr,   dLc. 


Througli  Tickets  fof  Sale  at  all  Ticket  Offices ! 

P.   B.  GROAT,  General  Ticket  Agt. 

GEORGE  H.  NETTLETON,  General  Sup't. 


268  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 


i?.  D,  SeMMSMESSQS^i  GJS^V,  iiST,  T.  W»  ^  IT.  E*  IT., 


OR,    "MEN    Of    mark"    IN    QUINCY. 


None  of  the  voiiug  men  of  Quincy  who  have  figured 
in  business  circles  possess  in  a  greater  degree  the  con- 
tidence  and  esteem  of  our  citizens  than  Frank  D.  Scher- 
merhorn,  General  Agent  Toledo,  Wabash  &  Western 
Eailway  at  this  point. 

A  native  of  jS^ew  York,  he  came  to  Quincy  in  1852, 
and  for  a  time  engaged  with  his  brother,  John  H,  Scher- 
raerhorn,  present  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Q.  M.  &  P.  E. 
E.,  in  the  survey  of  the  Xorthern  Cross,  now  the  C.  B. 
&  Q.  E.  E.  Upon  the  completion  of  this  road  he  serv- 
ed in  the  capacity  of  ticket  agent  at  this  point  for  a 
short  time,  which  position  he  yielded  to  accept  that  of 
bookkeeper  in  the  Quincy  Savings  Bank.  This  position 
he  retained  for  a  number  of  years,  rendering  eminent 
satisfaction  to  his  employers,  and  resigned  to  embark 
in  the  commission  business.  Soon  after  his  rare  worth 
and  business  qualifications  received  a  marked  recogni- 
tion at  the  hands  of  the  Merchants'  Despatch  Compauj-, 
by  which  he  was  called  to  the  responsible  position 
of  Superintendent  of  its  western  division,  with  head- 
quarters at  Indianapolis.  This  position  he  resigned  to 
accept  the  General  Agency  of  the  T.  W.  k  W.  E.  W.  at 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  2GQ 

Qiiiney,  which  he  now  fills,  administering  its  affairs 
with  jealous  care  for  the  interests  of  the  company,  and 
with  eminent  satisfaction  to  our  citizens. 

Indefatii^able  in  the  discharo-e  of  the  duties  intrusted 
to  him,  and  ever  f\\ithful  to  the  interests  of  his  employ- 
ers, ^Ir.  Schermerhorn  has  never  found  it  necessary  to 
seek  a  position,  nor  has  he  ever  proved  unequal  to  any 
in  which  he  has  been  placed. 


270  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 


RIVER  COMMERCE. 


Notwithstanding  the  superior  railroad  facilities  en- 
joyed by  Quincy,  her  citizens  are  not  unmindful  of  the 
vast  advantage  we  possess  in  having  the  great  Father 
of  ^Yaters  flowing  before  us,  and  afl'ording  us  cheap 
transportation  north  and  south.  The  facilities  offered 
are  annually  improving,  and  for  nine  months  of  the 
year  we  have  three  or  four  steamers  passing  each  way 
daily.  The  St.  Louis  &  Keokuk  and  Northern  Line 
Packet  Companies'  magnificent  steamers  are  at  our 
wharf  daily  during  the  season  of  navigation;  and  do 
a  large  business  in  carrying  freight  and  passengers  to 
and  from  our  city. 

In  addition  to  these  we  have  also  the  boats  of  the 
Eagle  Company,  plying  regularly  between  Quincy  and 
Keokuk,  and  transient  boats  to  points  above  and  below. 

The  accommodations  provided  by  these  steamers,  for 
passengers  and  shippers,  are  not  excelled  by  any  lines 
in  the  Union,  and  hence  the  large  amount  of  patronage 
extended  to  them.  The  following  are  the  regular  steam- 
ers plying  to  and  from  our  city,  and  the  number  of 
through  trips  made  during  the  season  of  1869. 

ST.  LOUIS  &  KEOKUK  PACKET  CO. 

FROM    ST.    LOUIS    TO    KEOKUK. 

NAME   OF   STEAMER.  NO.   OF   TRIPS. 

J.  H.  Johnson 82 

Andy  Johnson 80 

Rob   Roy 79 

Lucy  Bertram 4 

Bayard 2 


HISTORY  OF  QUINCY.  271 

KOETHERN  LINE  PACKET  COMPANY. 

FROM    ST.    LOUIS    TO    ST.    PAUL. 

Minnesota 18 

Minneapolis 11 

Sucker  State 20 

Hawkeye  State 10 

Dubuque 17 

Canada 9 

Davenport 3 

Phil  Sheridan 19 

Tom  Jasper 19 

Milwaukee 16 

City  of  St.  Paul 16 

Mollie  McPike 18 


EAGLE  PACKET  COMPANY. 

FROM  QUINCY  TO  KEOKUK. 

Grey  Eagle 260 

Little  Eagle 7 

In  addition  to  these  there  were  a  number  of  transient 
steamers  and  smaller  craft,  of  which  no  record  is  kept. 
No  accurate  statement  of  the  receipts  and  shipments 
from  Quincy  by  these  steamers  can  be  obtained,  but 
the  business  done  by  them  in  a  season  is  enormous. 


THE  QUINCY  FERRY  COMPANY 

Also  keeps  two  boats  in  active  service  here,  crossing 
freight  and  passengers  over  the  river.  Capt.  John  Tay- 
lor is  the  ownQr  and  manager  of  this  line,  and  has  two 
staunch  boats,  the  Rosa  Taylor  and  Quincy. 


272  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 


JQSEPS  B.  LmrV»  Ls^m^Q  .^EMGsa^rr, 


OR.      •  MEN    OF    MARK        IN    QUIXCY. 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  i;^  the  head  of  one  of  the 
most  extensive  jobbing  houses  in  the  city. 

Joseph  D.  Levy  is  a  native  of  Germany,  where  he 
Tvas  born  in  1S30.  Receiving  a  business  education  at 
Stuttgard,  at  the  age  of  nineteen  he  emigrated  to  the 
United  States,  locating  at  Louisville  in  1849.  After  re- 
maining there  four  years  in  the  mercantile  and  import- 
ing business,  he  was  called  by  the  death  of  his  father 
to  Germany.  Eeturning  almost  immediately  to  Louis- 
ville, he  resumed  the  mercantile  business,  and  remained 
there  until  1855,  when  he  removed  to  Canton,  Mo.,  and 
there  opened  a  dry  goods  house.  In  August,  1869,  he 
came  to  Quincy,  and  in  connection  with  S.  J.  Lcsem, 
Isaac  Lesem,  Emil  Levy,  and  Gustav  Lev}',  established 
the  firm  of  J.  D.  Levy  &  Co.,  opening  one  of  the  most 
extensive  wholesale  clothing  houses  in  the  west. 

Shrewd,  sagacious,  and  untiring  in  business,  prosper- 
ity has  attended  Mr.  Levy  in  all  his  enterprises,  and 
this  last  promises  to  meet  with  a  success  greater  than 
any  of  his  former  undertakings. 


HISTORY    OP   QUINCY.  273 

OR    "MEN    OP    mark"    IN    QUTNCY. 


As  conimaiider  of  the  famous  steamer  J.  II.  JoIhihoti, 
and  as  representative  of  the  St.  Louis  &  Keokuk  Pack- 
et Compan}',  whose  boats  have  for  twenty-eight  years 
plied  to  and  from  our  city,  Capt.  Fi  S.  Lee  is  well  and 
favorably  known  to  our  business  community. 

A  native  of  Kentucky,  Capt.  Lee  commenced  life  in 
mercantile  pursuits,  but  in  1850  accepted  a  position  as 
clerk  of  a  steamboat.  From  1850  to  1865  he  continued 
on  the  river,  most  of  the  time  being  in  the  employ  of 
the  St.  Louis  &  Keokuk  Packet  Co.  In  the  latter  year 
he  located  at  Quincy  and  opened  a  livery  stable.  Ho 
remained  here  but  nine  months,  when  he  resumed 
steamboating,  commanding  a  boat  in  the  Memphis  & 
Little  Pock  ti-ade.  In  18G7  he  was  again  called  into 
the  service  of  the  St.  Louis  &  Keokuk  Co.,  and  placed 
in  command  of  the  steamer  J.  II.  Johnson,  which  posi- 
tion he  still  retains.  In  addition  to  his  duties  as  com- 
mander during  the  season  of  navigation,  Capt.  Lee  du- 
ring the  winter  months  has  charge  of  the  company's 
boats  at  this  point,  superintending  their  repairs,  &c. 

An  experienced  and  faithful  officer,  a  popular  and  ac- 
complished gentleman,  Capt.  Lee  is  esteemed  wherever 
he  is  known  for  his  rare  traits  of  character,  and  is  i-ec- 
ognized  by  our  entire  community  as  a  valuable  citizen 
of  Quincy. 

18 


274  UISTOIIY    OF    QUINCY. 


«F.  T*  BE^^DFQMBt  Lm^si^s  Ms^uf^GTUMBE^ 


OR    "MEN    OF    mark"    IN    QUINCY. 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  has  in  a  residence  of  six- 
teen years  proven  a  valuable  citizen,  and  a  sagacious 
and  successful  business  man.  Josiah  T.  Bradford  is  a 
native  of  Maine,  where  he  passed  the  period  of  his  life 
until  he  was  twenty-eight  years  of  age.  Before  leaving 
his  native  State  he  engaged  in  the  lumber  business,  and 
acquired  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  same.  In  1854 
he  came  to  Quincy,  and  with  his  brother,  J.  W.  Brad- 
ford, embarked  in  the  livery  business,  and  continued  at 
it  with  marked  success  until  1864. 

Previous  to  retiring  from  this  business,  in  connection 
with  Robert  W.  McCoy  and  J.  W.  Bradford,  he  estab- 
lished the  firm  of  Bradford,  McCoy  &  Co.,  and  opened 
an  extensive  lumber  yard  in  this  city.  About  the  same 
time  this  firm  also  purchased  large  tracts  of  land  in  the 
pineries  of  Wisconsin,  and  established  mills  for  the 
manufacture  of  lumber.  At  present  they  manufacture 
on  an  extensive  scale  at  these  mills,  and  annually  bring 
to  our  market  large  quantities  of  lumber,  lath  and  shin- 
gles. The  past  year  this  firm  also  established  a  yard 
and  planing  mills  at  West  Quincy,  opposite  this  city, 
from  w^hich  they  supply  the  western  trade.     Their  bus- 


UISTOKY    OF   QUINCy.  275 

iness  has  now  grown  to  magnificent  proportions,  and 
in  order  to  more  speedily  supply  the  demands  made  up 
on  them  from  the  west,  they  arc  about  establishing 
branch  yards  at  Fort  Scott,  Kansas,  and  Brownville, 
Nebraska.  Their  sales  for  1869  were  7,000,000  feet  of 
lumber,  4,000,000  shingles,  and  1,000,000  lath.  Com- 
posed of  men  of  strict  integrity  and  large  business  ex- 
perience, this  firm  is  but  in  the  beginning  of  its  pros- 
perity, and  gives  promise  of  largely  augmenting  its 
trade  in  the  future. 

In  addition  to  his  services  as  a  leading  business  man 
Mr.  Bradford  has  also  at  all  times  evinced  commendable 
public  spirit  in  aiding  and  encouraging  railroads,  and 
other  enterprises,  and  served  the  city  efficiently  aa 
member  of  the  Council  from  1864  to  1866; 


276  UISTORi'    OF    QUINCY. 


CEMETERIES. 


In  the  location  and  arrangement  of  its  cemeteries, 
Quincy  displays  the  same  refined  taste  that  has  prevail- 
ed in  all  her  public  and  private  improvements.  To  the 
south,  beautiful  '^  Woodland,"  with  its  treasure  of  de- 
parted hopes  interred,  sleeps  calmly  on  the  proud 
hills  that  overlook  the  broad  Mississippi,  and  as  that 
grand  old  river  marches  with  a  dirge-like  tread  to  the 
sea,  the  murmur  of  its  ripj^ling  waves  is  answered  by 
the  rustic  of  the  tall  oaks  that  tower  like  faithful  senti- 
nels in  this  charmed  "  City  of  the  Dead." 

To  the  east  are  the  Catholic  cemeteries,  and  to  the 
north,  also  overlooking  the  river,  is  that  of  the  Hebrew 
societies.  In  all,  the  genius  and  skill  of  the  sculptor 
and  artist  have  been  lavishly  employed  to  commemo- 
rate the  virtues  and  adorn  the  graves  of  the  cherished 
dead. 

Peculiarly  beautiful  however  is  Woodland,  with  its 
graveled  roads,  winding  paths  and  tufted  mounds. — 
Musinir  there,  one  wonders  how  nature  could  have  been 
more  faithful  in  molding  a  home  for  those  who,  having 
fought  life's  varied  battles,  sink  into  that  sleep  whose 
waking  is  immortality,  ^ 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  277 


SE^BV  FM^^M»  LE^jfi^s  MBSCSsjk'r, 


OR,    "  MEN    OF    MARK  "    IN    QUINCY. 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  has  resided  only  ii  short 
time  in  Quincy,  but  since  locating  here  has  by  his  thor- 
ough integrity,  rare  business  qualifications  and  marked 
enterprise,  won  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  all  our 
citizens.  As  a  partner  in  the  old  and  established  house 
of  Spiegel,  Thorns  &  Co.,  extensive  furniture  manufac- 
turers of  Indianapolis,  Mr.  Frank  came  to  Qiancy  in 
1867,  and  established  a  branch  house,  opening  with  a 
magnificent  stock  in  the  commodious  building  that  then 
stood  on  the  present  site  of  the  Evening  Journal  office. 
Scarcely  a  j'car  had  elapsed  before  a  disastrous  confla- 
gration swept  away  this  establishment,  destroying 
nearly  its  entire  contents,  and  entailing  a  heavy  loss 
upon  the  firm.  Undismayed  by  this  stern  visitation, 
Mr.  Frank,  as  the  representative  of  the  firm,  at  once 
secured  the  imposing  business  edifice  now  occupied  by 
the  firm,  promj)tly  filled  it  with  a  more  extensive  and 
more  valuable  stock  than  that  previously  carried  by 
the  house,  and  proceeded  to  repair  the  damage  and  re- 
cover the  losses  caused  by  the  fire.  His  career  had 
been  marked  by  such  unwavering  integrity  and  com- 
mendable entei'prise,  that  in  the  effort  to  recuperate  the 
business  of  his  firm,  and  again  establish  it  as  a    pcrma- 


278  HISTORY    OP   QUINCY. 

nent  institution  of  Quincy,  he  was  seconded  by  the  en- 
couragement of  our  leading  citizens,  and  it  was  soon 
in  operation  in  new  quarters  npon  a  more  extended 
scale  than  ever. 

Since  then  the  house  of  Spiegel,  Thorns  &  Co.  has 
prospered  beyond  the  most  sanguine  expectations  of 
its  founders,  and  is  now  one  of  the  leading  institutions 
of  Quinc3^  From  the  extensive  manufactories  of  the 
firm  in  Indianapolis,  the  house  in  this  city  is  constantly 
supplied  with  the  finest  and  best  furniture  made  in  the 
west,  and  is  thus  enabled  to  offer  decided  advantages 
in  quality  and  price  to  its  patrons.  Managed  by  Mr. 
Frank,  who  is  thoroughly  versed  in  the  business,  the 
house  has  now  built  up  an  extensive  trade  in  AYestern 
Illinois,  oSTorth  Missouri  and  Southern  Iowa,  and  is  des- 
tined to  still  greater  success  in  the  future. 


DI8T0RY    OF    QUINCY.  279 


dUSTnV  BEQQKSt  EsiTQis  ^'Qc^-i.VGV  MEsaLP»" 


Oa     "iMEN     OP     MARK       IN    QUINCY. 


"We  have  spoken  elsewhere  of  the  "Press"  of  Quincy 
and  its  character  and  influence,  and  come  now  to  one 
who  has  figured  for  over  a  quarter  of  a  century  as  edi- 
tor of -one  of  our  leading  journals. 

Austin  Brooks  was  born  at  Cincinnati,  from  whence 
he  migrated  to  Illinois  with  his  parents,  when  only  four 
years  of  age.  His  early  years  were  passed  in  a  print- 
ing office,  his  father  having  established  and  published 
successively  the  Illinois  State  Gazette,  at  Jacksonville, 
and  the  Alton  Commercial  Gazette,  in  the  city  of  that 
name.  After  years  of  experience  in  his  father's  print- 
ing offices,  being  yet  quite  young,  he  was  sent  to  Mc- 
Kendrio  College,  at  Lebanon,  111.,  but  remained  only 
one  year,  when  he  embarked  on  a  New  Orleans  steam- 
er, with  the  intention  of  becoming  an  engineer.  At 
this  he  continued  only  a  short  time,  when,  coming  to 
Quincy  on  a  steamboat  in  18-12,  he  left  the  river,  and 
commenced  work  in  the  Herald  office,  which  was  then 
owned  by  his  uncle,  John  II.  Pettit,  who  also  establish- 
ed the  Herald.  Since  then  Mr.  Brooks  has  been,  with 
scarce  an  interruption,  connected  with  the  Herald  as 
chief  editor,  and  was  for  many  years  one  of  the  propri- 
etors of  the  establishment. 


230  HISTORY   OF   QUlNCr. 

An  original  and  powerful  writer,  he  early  attained 
prominence  as  a  journalist,  and  has  been  for  years  rec- 
ognized as  one  of  the  first  political  writers  of  the  State. 
A  zealous  partisan  and  unflinching  Democrat,  his  time, 
talents  and  money  have  at  all  times  been  at  the  service 
of  his  party,  and  few  men  have  w^orked  more  devotedly 
in  the  political  arena  than  Austin  Brooks.  Although 
repeatedly  declining  political  honors  or  emoluments, 
he  has  served  in  the  legislature  of  the  State,  and  as 
Post  Master  of  Quincy.  At  present  editor  of  the  Ser- 
<Jild,  in  which  position  he  has  passed  more  than  a  score 
of  years,  his  vigorous  and  ready  pen  is  a  powder  for  good 
in  the  communitv,  while  his  forcible  writings  are  read 
throughout  the  west,  where  he  has  made  his  mai'k  as 
one  of  the  ablest  editors  of  the  day. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCT.  281 


EXECUTIONS. 


For  a  city  of  its  population  the  criminal  record  of 
Quinc}^  lias  at  all  times  presented  an  agreeably  brief 
appearance,  and  as  a  rule,  we  have  esca}>ed  the  grave 
crimes  that  usually  shock  metropolitan  communities. 
The  moral  character  and  intelligence  of  our  citizens 
have  guarded  Quincy  in  this  respect,  and  have  given 
her  a  reputation  for  peace  and  quiet  enjoyed  by  but 
few  citizens  of  40,000  inhabitants.  In  a  period  of  thirty- 
six  years,  and  in  fact  IVom  its  first  settlement  as  a  town, 
only  two  executions  have  occurred  in  our  city,  and  these 
were  in  each  instance  for  murders  committed  in  the 
county. 

The  first  was  the  execution  of  Thomas  C.  Bennett, 
who  was  found  guilty  of  the  murder  of  John  Williams, 
in  1831:.  The  murder  was  a  cold  blooded  affair,  and 
Bennett,  who  was  a  desperate  character,  expiated  his 
crime  on  the  gallows,  Monday,  December  22d,  1834. — 
The  scene  of  the  execution  was  about  the  spot  now  oc- 
cupied by  Dr.  Sturgiss'  residence. 

From  that  date  until  18G1,  the  gallows  was  not  again 
called  into  requisition  in  (Quincy.  In  the  latter  year, 
Attison  Cunningham  and  Nelson  Cunningham  murder- 
ed in  cold  blood  a  feeble  old  man  named  Harrison,  who 
lived  some  miles  south  of  Quincy,  and  was  supposed  to 
possess  some  money.     For   this   great   crime   Attison 


282  HISTORY    OF   QUINCY. 

Cunningham  swung  from  a  gallows  in  the  rear  of  the 
court  house,  Friday  morning,  Nov.  29th,  1861. 

The  hanging  of  Eoe,  the  bushwhacker,  in  1865  by  a 
mob,  presents  the  only  instance  we  believe  vfhere  our 
citizens  have  taken  the  law  into  their  own  hands,  and 
is  the  only  stain  upon  our  character  as  a  law  abiding 
communit}'. 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  283 


A'ESEMIdM  BVSS^^ELEc»  ESQ,^ 


OR,    "MEN    OF    mark"    IN    QDINCY, 


It  is  hardly  necessary  to  preface  this  sketch  with  the 
assertion  of  the  eminent  ability,  marked  services,  and 
irreproachable  character  of  its  subject.  His  achieve- 
ments as  a  prominent  and  public  spirited  citizen  of 
Quincy  are  as  household  words  in  the  community, 
while  his  great  qualities  of  head  and  heart  displayed  in 
social  life  are  not  less  familiar. 

A  native  of  Connecticut,  Nehemiah  Bushnell  received 
his  education  in  that  State,  graduating  at  Yale  College 
in  1835.  Entering  Harvard  Law  School,  he  passed  tho 
greater  portion  of  the  years  183G-7  in  this  institution, 
and  then  returning  home  completed  his  law  studies  in 
the  office  of  Samuel  Ingham,  then  one  of  the  most  emi- 
nent law^'ers  of  New  England. 

Admitted  to  the  bar  in  1837,  he  immediately  came 
west,  locating  at  Quincy.  On  the  20th  of  December,  in 
the  same  year,  he  commenced  the  practice  of  law  with 
his  present  partner,  Hon.  O.  II.  Browning:  and  this 
prol'essional  association  has  since  continued  without  in- 
terruption. Shortly  after  establishing  himself  here  tho 
publication  of  the  Quincy  Whig  was  commenced,  and 
Mr.  Bushnell,  assisted  by  Andrew  Johnson,  also  an  at- 


284  HISTORY    OF    QUINCT. 

torney,  conducted  its  editorial  department,  both  volun- 
teering their  services.  Subsequently  these  gentlemen 
surrendered  their  editorial  responsibilities,  and  Mr. 
Bushnell  has  since  devoted  himself  exclusively  to  his 
profession. 

As  a  lawyer  he  promptly  took  rank  as  the  peer  of 
the  most  gifted  men  in  the  State,  and  adding  to  his 
native  powers,  untiring  energy  and  industry,  soon  at- 
tracted a  large  and  lucrative  practice.  This  he  retains 
to  the  j^resent  day. 

Although  zealously  devoted  to  his  profession,  and  in- 
defatigable in  the  interests  of  his  clients,  Mr.  Bushnell 
has  engaged  largely  in  public  enterprises  for  the  ad- 
vancement of  Quincy.  As  President  of  the  Northern 
Cross  Eailroad  for  many  years,  and  the  Quincy  Eailroad 
Bridge  Company,  he  w^as  instrumental  in  achieving  for 
our  city  two  of  the  grandest  enterprises  in  its  history 
and  progress.  An  active  friend  of  education  and  science 
he  has  aided  materially  in  their  development,  while  in 
promoting  the  religious  and  moral  status  of  Quincy  his 
efforts  have  been  not  less  marked.  In  brief,  no  one  cit- 
izen has  accomplished  more  for  Quincy,  and  none  more 
justly  or  more  universally  esteemed  than  Nehcmiah 
Bushnell. 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCY.  285 


Eqjv^  «f.  W.  Si^GM^E'FQ^B  Psms.  Q,  ^*  ^  St.  En.  i?.  E.m 


OR,    "MEN    OF    mark"    IN    QUINCY. 


Wliilo  many  of  our  citizens  have  boon  eminent  in 
law,  politics,  and  commerce,  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
18  perhaps  more  widely  known  than  any  of  th^m,  in 
consequence  of  his  great  achievements  as  a  public  spi- 
rited citizen,  and  distinguished  character  as  a  man. 

Hon.  James  W.  Singleton  is  a  native  of  Virginia, 
from  whence,  after  linishing  his  education,  he  removed 
to  Indiana,  being  then  only  17  years  old.  Remaining 
only  one  year  in  the  Hoosier  State,  he  came  to  Illinois, 
locating  in  Schuyler  county.  Here  he  practiced  medi- 
cine for  a  while,  and  also  devoted  hims»^lf  to  the  study 
of  law.  Subsequently  he  fai'med  successfully,  and  while 
thus  engaged,  was  elected  twice  to  the  Legislature,  and 
also  to  the  Constitutional  convention  of  1818,  from 
Schuyler  county.  During  the  Moi'mon  troubles  at 
Nauvoo,  he  w\as  assigned  by  the  Goverrjor  of  the  State 
command  of  the  military  ordered  to  that  point,  and  re- 
mained there  until  the  troubles  were  satisfactorily  ad- 
justed. 

In  1852  he  came  to  (^uincy,  and  at  once  identified 
himself  with  every  enterprise  promising  advantage  to 
our  city.     Earnestly  advocating  the  necessity    of  rail- 


286  HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 

roads,  be  was  untiring  in  his  efforts  to  secure  them  to 
Quincy,  and  singly  and  alone  constructed  the  road  from 
Camp  Point  to  the  Illinois  Eiver  at  Meredosia.  Only 
the  indomitable  energy  and  determination  of  the  man 
could  have  accomplished  this  great  success. 

He  served  one  term  in  the  Legislature  as  representa- 
tive from  Adams  county,  and  through  his  influence  in 
that  body  accomplished  much  for  Quincy.  His  mission 
to  Richmond  during  the  war  is  known  to  the  whole 
country.  Honestly  opposed  to  the  war,  and  believing 
it  to  be  all  wrong,  he  declined  positions  of  honor  and 
emolument  in  the  army,  and  remained  quietly  at  home. 
An  intimate  and  warm  friend  of  President  Lincoln,  and 
believing  that  there  were  better  means  of  obtaining 
peace  than  through  war,  at  the  request  of  the  President 
he  visited  Eichmond,  in  the  hope  of  dissuading  the  Con- 
federates from  continuing  the  fratricidal  struggle,  with 
a  view  to  an  amicable  settlement  of  the  difficulties. 
From  causes  bevond  his  control  the  mission  failed,  and 
after  twice  visiting  the  Confederate  capital,  he  returned 
to  Quincy.  Here  he  enjoyed  the  quiet  and  luxury  of 
his  beautiful  suburban  residence  and  farm,  "  Boscobel," 
until  the  fall  of  1868,  w^hen  he  was  unanimously  nom- 
inated by  the  Democracy  of  the  Fourth  Congressional 
District  as  their  candidate  for  Congress.  Notwithstand- 
ing his  great  personal  popularity,  and  the  fact  that  he 
lead  his  ticket  in  almost  every  township,  the  political 
complexion  of  the  district  was  so  strongly  Republican, 
that  he  met  with  defeat.  Since  then  he  has  devoted 
his  time  to  his  farm,  but  recently  has  taken  hold  of  an- 
other enterprise  that  promises  largely  to  benefit  Quin- 
cy.    This  is  the  Quincy,  Alton  &  St.  Louis  Railroad,  of 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  287 

which  ho  is  President,  and   which   ho   is   getting   into 
shape  for  speedy  construction. 

Thus  identified  with  nearly  all  our  public  enterprises, 
and  filling  many  places  of  honor  and  trust,  few  men 
have  been  so  eminently  valuable  to  Quincy  as  Hon, 
James  W.  Singleton,  and  none  rank  him  in  the  admira- 
tion and  esteem  of  the  citizens  of  Quincy,  and  theStato 
of  Illinois.' 


288  HISTORY    OP    QUJNCV. 


M.  M.  TlrMf^^M^M  Lm^Bg^Q  MA^UFAgwu&ss» 


OR    "MEN    OF    mark"    IN    QUINCY. 


In  a  brief  residence  in  Quincy,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  has  displa^'ed  a  vigor,  enterprise  and  ability  in 
business  that  have  made  him  a  marked  man  in  the  com- 
munity. 

Coming  to  Quincy  in  1862,  he  established  the  house 
of  Turner,  Yanllorn  &  Co.,  which  at  once  commenced 
the  manufacture  of  tobacco  on  an  extensive  scale. — 
Since  then  this  has  grown  to  bo  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant of  our  manufacturing  interests,  employing  an- 
nualh^  several  hundred  hands,  and  adding  materially  to 
our  wealth  and  population.  In  addition  to  operating 
extensively  in  tobacco,  ]\Ir.  Turner  engaged  in  packing 
pork  one  season,  and  as  in  his  regular  business  made  it 
decidedly  profitable. 

The  owner  at  present  of  the  largest  factory  in  Quin- 
cy, and  a  man  of  wealth,  Mr.  Turner  is  one  of  the  most 
liberal  and  enterprising  of  our  citizens,  and  is  univers- 
ally esteemed  as  an  energetic  and  sagacious  business 
man,  and  an  accomplished  and  thorough  gentleman. 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  289 


CITY  GOVERNMENT. 


1864. 

MA  YOB, 

THOMAS  KEDMOND. 

ALDERMEN. 

First    Ward — Mattuias  Chert. 


Second 

(1 

— Moses  Jacobs. 

Third 

K 

— Maitland  Boon. 

Vacancy  of  A.  C.  Marsh,  deeeaeei!^ 

ii 

U 

— Michael  McVay. 

Fourth 

l( 

— Daniel  C.  Wood. 

Fifth 

(i 

— JouN  Smith. 

Sixth 

«( 

—  Henry  A.  Geisb. 

18(35. 

MAYOR. 

G.  F.  WALDHAUS. 

aldermen. 
First    Ward — John  "VVhitbread. 
Second      "    — Maitland  Boon. 
Third       "    — Wm.  Scurieber. 
Fourth     "    — LuDWia  ScHROEDKR. 
Fifth        "    — Clemens  Katiiman. 
Sixth        "    — JouN  Hutton. 


19 


290 


HISTORY    OF    QUINOY. 
1866. 

MATOIi. 

M.  BOON. 

ALDERMEN. 

First    Ward — J.  A.  Syltestkr. 
Second      "    -  J.  T.  Bradford. 
Third       "    — C.  H.  Curtis. 
Fourth      "    —  Wm.  Taxsmax. 
Fifth        "    — Thomas  Redmond. 
Sixth        "    — C.  A.  Van DEy  Boom. 


1867. 

MAYOR. 

JAMES  M.  PITMAN. 

ALDERMEN. 

First    Ward— F.  H.  Aldrich. 


Second 

G.  H.  Davis. 

Third 

— L.  F.  Lakey. 

Fourth 

— John  Tillson. 

Fifth 

— Wendelik  Weber 

Sixth 

E.  W.  B.  Newby. 

1868. 

MAYOR 

P.  W.LANE. 

ALDERMEN. 

First    Ward— H.  S.  O^BORN. 

Resigned  April  5th,  1869. 

— Wm.  Gray. 

— Philip  Steinbach. 
— F.  W.  Menkk. 
— Thomas  Redmond. 
— J.  G.  Rowland. 


Second 

Third 

Fourth 

Fifth 

Sixth 

ni8T0RV    OF    QCINOY. 


291 


1869. 

MAYOR. 

B.  F.  BKRKIAN. 


ALDKRMKy. 

First    Wnrd — Hknky  Meisskk. 


(( 

(( 

W.  S.  M.  Ander.«on. 

To  fill  vacancy  of  Osboru,  re^i^nei 

Second 

i( 

— I.  n.  Miller. 

Third 

(( 

— Albert  Bekhk. 

Fourth 

u 

John  Tillson. 

Fifth 

il 

—  Wendeltn  Webek. 

Sixth 

u 

A.  E.  Wheat. 

292  HlfiTORY    OF    QUINCY. 


mQJic,  TMQM*:i&  mmBMQi^B, 


OR.    '-MEN    OF    MARK        IN    QITINCY. 


In  reviewing  the  history  und  experiences  of  the 
prominent  men  of  our  city,  few  if  any  will  be  found 
who  commenced  the  struggle  of  life  with  brilliant  pros- 
pects. Most  of  those  who  have  achieved  success  here 
purchased  it  through  years  of  industry  and  labor,  but 
nevertheless  it  came  steadily  and  surely.  Such  is  the 
history  and  experience  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Thomas  Redmond  is  a  native  of  Ireland,  from  whence 
he  emigrated  to  the  United  States  when  only  sixteen 
years  of  age.  Thus  early  he  was  thrown  upon  his  own 
resources,  and  locating  in  Vermont  be  obtained  em- 
ployment at  whatever  oftered.  After  passing  several 
years  in  New  England,  he  resolved  to  seek  a  home  in 
the  west.  Visiting  St.  Louis,  he  started  up  the  Missis- 
sippi, and  after  a  brief  sojourn  in  Burlington,  low^a,  and 
Galena,  Illinois,  he  returned  down  the  river  and  located 
in  Quincy  in  1837.  Without  capital  and  among  stran- 
gers, but  young  and  vigorous,  he  at  once  obtained  em- 
ployment here.  Industrious  and  energetic,  success  at- 
tended him.  and  he  soon  accumulated  capital  enough 
to  purchase  a  few  horses,  carts,  wagons,  &c.,  and  in 
company  with  the  late  Samuel  Holmes  and  Wm.  Shan- 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY.  293 

nahan,  obtained  a  contract  for  grading  on  the  old 
Northern  Cross  Eailroad,  between  Quincy  and  Clayton. 
At  this  business  he  continued  with  success  for  many 
years,  being  at  different  times  member  of  the  firms  of 
Holmes,  Redmond  &  Shannahan,  Redmond,  Donlevy 
<fe  Co.,  Eedmond,  Powers  &  Smith,  and  Redmond  & 
Holmes.  While  thus  engaged  he  invested  largely  in 
real  estate  in  and  adjoining  Quincy,  which  increased 
in  value  with  the  growth  of  the  city. 

In  1848  he  was  elected  to  the  City  Council,  and  since 
then  has  been  with  the  exception  of  two  or  three  years 
a  member  of  that  body.  In  18G0,  upon  the  resignation 
of  Mayor  Woodrut^*,  he  was  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy 
almost  without  opposition.  For  the  three  successive 
terms  following,  he  was  also  elected  to  the  office  of 
mayor,  and  resigned  in  1861,  to  accept  a  seat  in  the 
Legislature  to  which  he  had  been  chosen.  Now  the 
veteran  of  the  City  Council,  in  which  he  has  served  for 
twenty-one  years  as  alderman  and  mayor,  he  is  recog- 
nized as  a  valuable  servant  of  the  city.  Enterprising 
and  liberal,  he  has  been  among  the  foremost  of  our  cit- 
izens in  advancing  the  commercial  and  social  status  of 
Quincy.  Possessed  of  large  wealth,  he  has  employed 
it  to  improve  the  city  in  which  he  accumulated  it,  and 
has  added  a  number  of  handsome  structures  to  the  bus- 
iness portion  of  Quincy. 

A  man  of  iron  will  and  stern  integrity,  he  seldom 
fails  to  accomplish  what  he  undertakes,  and  few  men 
have  had  a  more  successful  career,  while  none  stand 
higher  in  the  esteem  of  its  citizens. 


^94  HTCTORY    OF   QUfNCf. 


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on    "  MJCN    OF    MARK       IN    QUINCY. 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  another  of  the  prominent 
men  whose  pre-eminent  genius  and  mighty  intellect  hsis 
shone  out  in  that  iUuntrious  body — the  bar  of  Quiney. 

O.  C.  Skinner  was  born  in  Oneida  County,  New  York, 
where  he  remained  until  the  age  of  fifteen,  when  he 
made  a  trip  to  the  Indian  country  of  Lake  Superior, 
and  the  north.  Subsequently  he  visited  Prairie  du 
Chien,  Chicago  and  Milwaukee,  remaining  a  short  time 
in  each  of  these  localities.  He  then  settled  in  Peoria 
County,  in  this  State,  and  tried  farming  for  a  time,  after 
which  he  went  to  Cincinnati,  in  1839,  and  commenced 
the  study  of  law.  Being  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1841, 
he  practiced  for  a  short  time  in  that  State,  but  in  1842 
came  to  Illinois,  and  located  at  Carthage.  There  he  re- 
mained until  1844,  when  he  took  up  his  residence  in 
this  city. 

Before  coming  to  Quiney  however,  his  reputation  as 
an  able  and  profound  lawyer  had  been  established,  and 
in  1851,  he  was  elected  to  the  bench  of  this  circuit,  In 
1855  his  great  legal  attainments  received  a  more  mark- 
ed recognition,  he  being  called  to  the  Supreme  Bench 


HISTORY    OF    QIIJNCY.  295 

of  the  State.  Previous  to  this  he  had  also  tRjrved  one 
term  in  the  Legislature,  and  in  every  position  to  which 
he  was  called  by  his  friends  and  admirers,  he  was  found 
not  only  equal  to  the  emergency,  hut  eminently  the 
right  man  in  the  right  place. 

Retiring  from  the  Supreme  Bench,  Judge  Skinner  he- 
eame  an  active  and  influential  leader  in  the  Democratic 
party  of  Illinois,  and  although  political  lienors  were  at 
all  times  within  his  grasp,  ho  never  advantaged  himself 
of  hie  opportunities  in  this  respect.  The  past  year, 
however,  he  was  elected  by  the  democracy  of  Adams 
County  a  delegate  to  the  Convention  to  remodel  the 
Constitution  of  Illinois,  in  which  capacity  he  is  now 
serving  his  constituents  and  the  State  in  the  most  re- 
.sponsible  position  of  that  distinguished  body,  viz.,  as 
Chairman  of  the  Judiciary  Committee. 

Quincy  boasts  no  more  distinguished  or  inore  valu- 
able citizen  than  Judge  Skinner.  Full  of  public  spirit 
and  enterprise,  he  was  among  the  earliest  advocates,  of 
our  railroad  system,  and  having  aided  in  the  comple- 
tion of  the  three  roads  that  at  present  enter  the  city, 
he  is  now  President  of  a  fourth,  the  Quincy  and  Car- 
thage Kailroad,  which  by  his  energy  and  tact  he  hap 
placed  upon  the  road  to  speedy  construction. 

Generous,  impulsive,  and  earnest,  a  zealous  and  un.- 
tiring  lawyer,  a  warm  and  devoted  friend,  and  an  un- 
comprising  Demorrat.  such  is  lion.  O.  C.  Skinner. 


296  HISTORY    OF    QUINOY. 


^MQS  GBEM^r»  M&Q.p 


OR    -MEN    OF    mark"    IN    QUI  NOT. 


Few  niea  have  rendered  more  valuable  service  to 
Quincy  than  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Amos  Green  was  born  in  York  Co.,  Pennsylvania, 
from  whence  he  migrated  to  Quincy  in  1836,  being  then 
not  quite  twenty -one  years  of  age.  Shortly  after  his 
arrival  here  he  purchased  a  saw  mill  that  stood  on  the 
site  of  the  present  C.  B.  &  Q.  R.  E.  freight  depot.  This 
enterprise  not  proving  very  successful  or  profitable,  it 
was  abandoned  after  one  year's  experience,  and  Mr. 
Green  then  followed  the  carpenter  trade,  at  which  he  had 
served  an  apprenticeship.  In  1845  he  embarked  in  the 
lumber  business,  in  which  he  was  remarkably  success- 
ful, building  up  an  extensive  trade,  and  acquiring  large 
wealth.  Mr.  Green  continued  in  this  business  here  to 
within  a  few  years,  and  is  now  senior  partner  of  a  firm 
operating  in  Chicago. 

A  man  of  marked  sagacity  and  powerful  mind,  Mr. 
Green  early  took  rank  as  an  influential  citizen,  and  has 
been  identified  with  every  public  measure  originated  in 
Quincy.  He  served  several  years  as  a  member  of  the 
City  Council,  and  was  one  of  the  most  efficient  and  val- 
uable members  of  that  body.  His  name  has  several 
tira(*s  been  mentioned  in  connection  with  other  political 


H18T0RY    OF    QUINCY.  29T 

positions,  and  although  importuned  to  become  a  candi- 
date, he  has  invariably  declined.  lie  was  however  th* 
candidate  for  mayor  on  the  Eepublican  ticket  in  1864, 
but  the  city  being  strongly  democratic  was  defeated. 

At  all  times  an  active  and  energetic  citizen,  Mr. 
Green  has  employed  his  wealth  to  improve  and  beautify 
the  city  in  which  he  acquired  it,  and  has  erected  some 
of  the  handsomest  business  structures  in  Quincy.  In 
all  respects  he  is  one  of  its  "men  of  mark." 


298  BiwjoRy  or  guiKcy. 


CONCLUSION. 


Iii  concluding  this  review  of  tlie  progress  of  Quincy 
from  its  first  settlement,  while  apologising  for  our  in- 
ability to  make  a  more  faithful  and  complete  exhibit, 
we  have  no  fears  of  a  comparison  with  the  history  of 
any  city  of  its  age  and  size  in  the  Union.  If  commer- 
cial power,  prestige  in  manufactures,  moral  and  social 
elevation,  religious  and  educational  advancement  are 
the  true  indications  of  healthy  and  vigorous  progress, 
then  has  Quincy  reached  an  eminence  among  her  me- 
tropolitan sisters  that  entitles  her  to  bravely  inscribe 
upon  her  escutcheon  the  name  of  "Model  City,"  and 
claim  it  as  her  own.  But  the  achievements  of  the  future 
must  dim  even  the  brilliancy  of  her  past  record  as  a 
city.  Great  in  everything  worthy  and  noble,  her  thrif- 
ty  inhabitants  will  continue  their  efforts  to  augment 
her  power  for  good,  and  each  succeeding  year  will  find 
her  steadil}''  increasing  in  usefulness  and  wealth.  The 
past  should  be  an  index  of  the  future,  and  if  in  record- 
ing what  has  been  accomplished  by  the  genius  and  en- 
ergy of  her  people  in  years  gone  by,  those  of  to-day  be 
nerved  to  consummate  the  work  of  giving  Quincy  a 
pre-eminent  position  among  the  commercial  and  manu- 
facturing centers  of  the  Union,  then  will  we  at  least 
feel  that  this  little  volume  was  not  published  in  vain. 


HLMTOttY    OF    QLINC'T.  299 


Wi&M,diR&  £SEr^S»  I(rsQ.» 


<»  U .   "  ME  N    »)  F    M  A  R  K        1  N    g  li  I  N  C.  T. 


The  subject  of  this  bketch  has  pansed  nearly  half*  a 
century  within  the  present  limits  of  the  city  of  Quincy, 
and  in  that  period  has  watched  her  progrcFs  with  a 
jealous  eye. 

Willard  Keyes  is  a  native  of  Verinonl,  where  he  was 
born  in  171)2.  I.eavin:^  his  native  state  in  1817,  he  pro- 
ceeded to  Prairie  du  (Jhien,  where  he  remained  one  year 
and  a  half,  being  employed  during  that  time  in  teach- 
ing the  French  settlers  and  half-breed  In<liuns.  De- 
scending the  river  in  the  spring  of  1820,  after  a  voyage 
of  two  weeks  Mr.  Keyes  landed  at  Clarksville,  Mo. 
After  a  summer's  experience  with  the  fever  and  ague, 
he  started  on  a  tour  of  exploration  w^ith  John  Wood^ 
whose  acquaintance  he  formed  about  this  time,  going 
up  the  Illinois,  and  down  the  Mississip})i  river.  Visit- 
ing St.  Louis,  he  .<^oId  his  raft  and  proceeded  from  there 
to  Calhoun  county  in  this  state,  and  spent  the  winter 
teaching  school.  In  the  spring  of  1824  he  arrived  in 
Quincy,  an<l  joined  his  friend,  John  AVood,  who  had  pre- 
viously settled  here.  ^[r.  Keyes  at  once  erected  a 
house,  which  was  the  second  built  upon  the  site  of  the 
present  city  of  Quincy.     From  that  time  to  the  present 


300  HISTORY    OF    QUI^CY. 

day,  he  has  manifested  a  deep  interest  in  the  prosperity 
of  thecity,  of  which  he  helped  lay  the  foundation.  At 
present,  advanced  beyond  the  age  alloted  to  man,  he  still 
views  with  pride  the  strides  of  our  city  in  commerce, 
arts,  and  sciences.  A  pure  christian  and  upright  citi- 
zen, Willard  Keyes  is  reverenced  by  the  entire  commu- 
nity as  one  of  the  "Fathers  of  Quincy,"  which  he  may 
be  justly  called. 


HISTORY    OF   QUINCy. 


301 


INDEX. 


¥ 


•fKce , 3 

itoiical 6 

nufncturing    Ami  Commercial 
Interests 15 


WCrACTURES. 

Flour 

Tobncoo 

Machine  Shops 

Foundries 

8if  Tos 

Breweries 

Pnper 

Di.^tilleries 

(■arriages 

li<iiler  and  Sheet  Iron  Works 
Gas 


Wagons,  Plows  ic 

Planing  Mills , 

Brick 

PaJdles  and  Harness. 
Joe 


Agricultural  Implements.. 

Faw  Mill 

Broom  Factory .... 

Printing 

Hair  Work , 

Pork  Packing 

Rectifiers 

Boda  Factories 

Furniture 

Organs 

Fruit  and  Pickle  Factory. 

Hope  and  Twine 

Book  Binders 

T^oots  and  Shoes ,  ..., 

Confectioners 

Marble  Works 

Chairs 

Engraving 

Match  Factories 

Tannery 

Hoop  Skirt  Mftnuf'acturers. 

Horse  Collars 

Blacksmiths 

Gunsmiths 

Coopers 


23 
2!) 
33 
35 
36 
41 
42 
54 
55 
00 
C4 
71 
72 
73 
80 
81 
95 
112 
112 
115 
115 

lis 

121 
121 
124 
124 
127 
127 
129 
129 
133 

l.^^ 

137 
137 
1.57 
141 
141 
141 
145 
145 
148 


Baskets  148 

Tin  and  Copper  Workers 151 

Soap,  Candles  Ac 151 

Mercliant  Tailoring 154 

Photographers 1£4 

Cigars 157 

Watchmakers  and  Jevveler8....167 

Bakers 160 

Baking  Powder, ITO 

Bags 1G3 

Miscellaneous  Manufacture8..1G3 

Mercantii-e. 

Dry  Goods  and  Notions 1C7 

Grocery  Trade 171 

Hardware  and  Iron 174 

Drugs  176 

lioots  and  Shoes Y,1 

Books  and  Stationery 179 

Hats  snd  Caps 182 

Millineiy  Goods 182 

China,  Glass,  Ac 184 

Agri'Miltural  Implements, 181 

Clothing 1,S7 

Carpets )S7 

.  Coal ^r.r::. loo 

Coal  Oil 190 

Fish  Markets 190 

Flour  and  Feed 103 

Forwarding  and  Commission. 193 

Furniture 193 

(irain 195 

Hides,  Furs,  Wool  Ac 195 

Leather 195 

Liquors 199 

Musical  Goods 1!  9 

Lumber.  Hhinglos.  Lath  &c 2(i2 

Paints,  ()il<  and  Glass 202 

Paper— Flat,  Print  &c 203 

Salt 203 

Seeds 203 

Sewing  Machines 203 

Tinner'sStock 20fi 

Tobacco  TiCaf 200 

Tobaeco,  Cigars  &e 206 

Wall  Paper  and  Shades 200 

Miscellaneous 209 


302 


HISTORY    OF    QUINCY. 


Thji  Orph\k8. 

St.  Aloysius  j^ociety 46 

Woodland  Home ...  49 

St.  Mary's  HospiUl.  77 

The  Rink 88 

The  Quincv  Railroad  Bridge l-tl 

Hotels 91?. 

Pi-ofessional 215 

The  "Press/' 219 

Banking  lustitation'- 225 

Educational 230 

Religious 236 

Fire  Department 243 

Railroads 217 

River  Conim&rce 270 

Horse  Railway 250 

Projected  Railroads 270 

Cemeteries 276 

Executions 281 

('ity  GovernniCLt 289 

Couclu.=iii)a 29S 


BcoaRAFRICAL  SkKTCHEi?. 

Er-Gov.  John  Wood,.... 26- 

Hon.  Tho.«.  Jasper 31 

Hon.  Wm.  A.  Richardson 38 

Hon.  O.  H.  Browning 44 

Hon.  Maitland  Boon 52 

Hon.  Jas.  M.  Pitman 67 

1   J.  K.  VanPoorn,  Esq 62 

H.  V.  Sullivan,  Esq.... 68 

Gen.  Jas.  D.  Morgan 74 

1   Enoch  Comstock,  Esq 81 

Henry  Root,  Ebq 85 

Ohas.  A.  Savage,  Esq 92 

Hon.  C.  A.  Warren 97 

Henry  V.  Joseph  Rieker,  Esq.llO 

Hon.  Alexander  E.  Wheat 113 

C.  M.  Pomroy.  Esq 116 

Geo  Adams,  Esq., 119 

Judsce  T.  J.  Mitchell 122 

Wm.  Steinwedell,  Es  i 125 

M.  Jacobs,  E.-^q 128 

V    Louis  Buddee,  Esq 130 

R.W.Gardner,  Esq 134 

Capt.  Michael  Piggott IbS 


A.  J.  F.  Pr.jv'ost,  Esq 143 

F.  H.  Aldrioh.  Esq 14.t 

Col.M.  M.  Bane 14fi 

N.  I>.  Munson,  Esq 149 

Wm.  G.  Ewiuff,  Esq 152 

y-  Col.  J.  B.  Cah'ill 155 

Col.  C.  H.Morton 158 

Col.  K.  K.  Jones 161 

F.  W.  Mrtycr.  Esq 16-'> 

Robert  Tiil.son,  E?q 1C9 

.  "Hon.  Jackson  Grimshaw ..172 

Aldo  Sommer,  Esq 176 

A.  B.  Kingsbury,  Esq 178 

S.  P.  Bartktt,  Esq ISO 

Louis  Millor.  Esq 183 

Wrn.  B.  Audrew.s,  Evq 18.3 

Henry  Allen,  Esq 188 

Col.  Joseph  G.  Rowland 191 

Sanuio!  E.  So^er,  Esq 191 

Gen.  B   M.  Prentiss ir6 

Newton  Flagg,  Esq 20*.i 

Geo.  W,  Burns,  Esq 204 

,  F.  W.  Jansen,  Esq 207 

R.  fe.  Benneson,  Esq 211 

E.  K.  Stone,  Esq 214 

W.  H.  Johnson,  Esq 217 

Jas.  Arthur,  Esq 22:^. 

Edward  Wells,  Esq 2'.id 

Wm.  Morris.  Esq 2S4 

Chas.  W.  Keyes.  Esq 2.35 

H.  S.  Osboru,  Esq 237 

S  J.  Lesem.  Esq i'3d 

J.  W.  Brown,  Esq 241 

Hon.  B.  F.  Berriau 215 

U.  S.  Penfield,  Esq 257 

.-'Wendelin  Weber,  Esq 265 

F.  D.  Schermerlioru,  Esq 268 

J.  D.  Levi-,  Esq., 272 

Capt.  F.  S.  Lee ^...27^ 

J.  T.  Bradford,  E.sq 274 

Henry  Frank,  Esq , 277 

Austin   Brooks,  Esq 279 

V  N.Bu.^hnell.  Esq 283 

Hon.  J.  W.  Singl.-ton 285 

E.  H.  Turner,  E.^q 288 

Hon.  Thomas  Redmond 292 

Hon.  0.  C.  Skinner 294 

Amos  Green,  Esq 296 

Willard  Keyes,  Esq 29« 


